Month December 2006

“Monotheistic religions that lay claim to the one and only possible truth are doomed by their very nature to end up in conflict. The only way out is to free ourselves from these ancient divisive creeds and thus extinguish their…

“Now this London preacher flew back to the UK and was speaking at the Keswick Convention in the Lake District. And he threw in these three testimonies. At the close of his teaching session, four elderly pastors came up and…

Fox News: “A body found in a snow cave on Oregon’s Mount Hood has been identified as that of climber Kelly James, a person close to the family said Monday.” Kelly James is the brother of Frank James III, president…

Joel Beeke recently wrote to me about the following. He said: “The Dutch Reformed Translation Society is seriously contemplating translating Petrus van Mastricht’s 4-volume magisteral work of systematic theology and ethics, Theologia theoretico-practica [“Theoretical and Practical Theology”]–a work that Jonathan…

I have been preaching through the Gospel of John for the last couple of years, and this Sunday I complete John chapter 10.  This also concludes my study of the long confrontation between Jesus and the false teachers of Israel…

Here’s a blog dedicated to the life and thought of Andrew Fuller: “This blog serves to increase people’s knowledge of one of the greatest Baptist theologians of all time. Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was an able pastor, theologian, missionary statesman, and…

I notice that the bookstore at WTS () is puffing a new book by the late WIlliam Still, flagging it up with a godly puff from Sinclair Ferguson.  Well, Willie made an impact on me too.

So that’s what I’ve been suffering from all these years: Irritable Clergy Syndrome!  I wonder if that diagnosis may prove useful with all the people who have to put up with me on a daily basis.  “I’m sorry, honey — it’s…