Category Archives: James Jordan

The church must once again become a genuine government, with her own courts, but for this to have any social impact the various churches must recover a genuine commitment to catholicity in practice. James B. Jordan, Sociology of the Church

If we are to have a true Christian renaissance in the United States, it will not be a superficial yuppiefied religion that brings it. True Christianity must have equal time for Ecclesiastes as for Proverbs in its One Year Bibles. … Continue reading →

In an article of appreciation for James Jordan and his theology, Anthony Cowley quotes extensively from Jordan’s studies on worship. Among them, is a strong critique of the Puritan expression of the regulative principle: The simplistic version of the regulative … Continue reading →

Jim Jordan writes: To put it bluntly, Adam fell by letting a woman be the pastor of the Garden church. He allowed her to make the decision about the sacramental tree, to be the authority over the sacramental food. He … Continue reading →

James Jordan writes: Worship happens when “two or three” are gathered. A “testimony of two witnesses” is needed for this kind of worship. To be sure, we can worship privately and individually, but that is not the best and highest … Continue reading →

It is important to understand that only the gospel gives men health. The labor of physicians is important, but only as a means of holding back the curse. Physicians cannot give men true health. Nor can eating “health foods ,”  fasting, … Continue reading →

The incense of the tabernacle indicates that God desires a special smell in His worship. As James Jordan observes: “Incense teaches us that worship is a unique environment.” If the smell of the tabernacle is unique to the worship environment, … Continue reading →

James Jordan’s essay entitled Crisis, Opportunity, and the Christian Future is proof that the Bible provides its own framework to understand biblical structure and structures of civilizations. The Bible is its own best interpreter. It provides patterns and visions of … Continue reading →

To say that the root of our problems is religious is to say a great deal, but also to say rather little. Compared with the heredity and environmental reductionism popular in modern (and in ancient) thought, a confession that human … Continue reading →

Recently the magazine Tabletalk published a series of essays against Calvinist theologian N. T. Wright. The black cover of this issue lets us know just how dangerous this man is…read the entire post.

James B. Jordan writes: This abysmal notion is ferociously defended by those given over to this idea. It is clear from the Bible that the pleasures of marital intercourse are to be enjoyed, and it would have been sinful for … Continue reading →

Our very own Jim Jordan joined the Mitaka CREC congregation (Ralph Smith)  in Japan. He gave them a brief concert:

Here are some quotes from Jim’s lectures: God’s business in the world is to make new kinds of people. The Holy Spirit plugs us into the Olive Tree. He plugs us into the entire Biblical history. Most things in human … Continue reading →