Imagine yourself on a beautiful desert island. You've unplugged from the digital world. No cellphone, no Twitter, no Facebook, no radio, and no TV. With you on the island you have your Bible. In addition, you can only take with you five books. Which five books would you choose and why?

Why do seminaries exist? There are undoubtedly a number of different answers to this question, but in the light of recent discussions on the web regarding revisiting the nature of seminary education, hopefully VFT readers will find some helpful answers to this question as it relates to WSC.

I am thankful for the invitation to contribute to the Valiant for Truth blog. In the series that follows, I will be offering Meditations on the Larger Catechism, which will include exposition and application of this wonderful statement of Christian teaching from our Reformed Protestant tradition.

This book does not delve into detail into the Regulative Principle.  It does not quote the Westminster Confession of Faith, or the Three Forms of Unity.  It is not a book on Reformed worship. So if the book that you are looking for is an introduction to Reformed worship, this book is not for you. Before you stop reading this review, however, know that a book cannot be summarized by what it is not.

If you're interested in the doctrine of union with Christ, check out WSC's latest faculty publication, J. V. Fesko, "Geerhardus Vos and Louis Berkhof on Union with Christ and Justification," Calvin Theological Journal 47/1 (2012): 50-71.