Month September 2006

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To Florida and Back

I am just back in Philadelphia this morning from an overnight trip to Florida, where I participated in the ordination service for a friend from Tenth (Andrew DiNardo) who now serves with Rick Phillips at First Presbyterian Church in Coral…

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Border Crossings

I am just back from one of Carl Trueman’s haunts: tell it not in Gath, but I slept in his bed! I refer to a trip to Canada for Sola Scriptura Ministries, and my good friend Heinz D. Now, I’d…

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Death, the Final Boundary

It is arguable that the last hundred years have witnessed an interesting reversal in Western society, where the great taboo of the Victorian era and the great obsession of the same period have dramatically switched places. The great taboo for…

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Lion King

The lion is the only animal that can dare lay claim to the title “the king of the beasts.” Really, there aren’t any other serious candidates. What other animal has the regal bearing of a lion, with its magnificent mane?…

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Lion King

The lion is the only animal that can dare lay claim to the title “the king of the beasts.” Really, there aren’t any other serious candidates. What other animal has the regal bearing of a lion, with its magnificent mane?…

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Not getting it (John Allen on Desmond Tutu)

Desmond Tutu’s former press secretary has just published a biography of this well known anti-apartheid warrior. Among other things, Allen indicates Tutu’s chagrin at the Anglican communion’s failure to embrace homosexual priests (Tutu wrote the former Archbishop of Canterbury and…

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Reflections from Fort Bragg

My visit to Covenant PCA in Fayetteville, NC to speak at the “Bearing the Sword” conference provided some quite edifying conversations and incidents.  A high proportion of the church members are active duty soldiers stationed at nearby Ft. Bragg, many…