J Alan Groves
There is an obituary of J Alan Groves posted on the Westminster website, www.wts.edu, and a moving account of his last day on the family blog at www.algroves.info. In times of such loss, it is good to remember that Christianity…
Month February 2007
In Memoriam: J. Alan Groves
Yesterday, J. Alan Groves entered into the glory of his Lord after a long struggle with cancer. Al was professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, a fervent and humble disciple of Jesus Christ, and a warm friend to…
Operation Homecoming, Part 1
As I may have mentioned in a previous post, Makoto Fujimura is a brilliant New York artist whose deeply Christian work represents a synthesis of ancient Japanese techniques with Western styles. Fujimura distributes occasional essays on Christianity and the arts under the title…
Thoughts on Patriarchy
I have received some complaints that my interaction with Phil Ryken (see below, 1/29/07) on patriarchy represents a capitulation on the issue of biblically-mandated male leadership. My comment on use of the term “patriarchy” was made more or less in…
Biblical Masculinity #5: Self-Control
The next stop on our tour through proverbial masculinity is self-control. Proverbs 16:32 tells us, “Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” Self-control is especially…
Alistair Begg
Pray for Alistair Begg, who announces here that he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
New 9Marks Newsletter
9Marks has a new newsletter online [PDF]. Here’s a teaser: This issue of 9News and the next are devoted to the topic of elders. This month, we asked a number of thoughtful pastors like John MacArthur, Alexander Strauch, Tom Schreiner,…
Additional items added to Ref21
Thanks Phil! Readers might like to note that two additional items have been added since last week: an extra article on Spurgeon and aiming for conversions in preaching written by Jonathan Watson (General Editor of The Banner of Truth Trust).…
Spurgeon on Selflessness
Especially since we have a feature on Charles Spurgeon in this month’s issue of Reformation21, it seems like a good time to quote from that worthy London Baptist once again. As I have been preaching through Luke over the last…
Twin Lakes Fellowship for 2007
The seventh annual gathering of the Twin Lakes Fellowship™ is slated for April 10-12, 2007. Interest in the Fellowship continues to grow and space is limited, but we thought ref21 readers might want to know some of those who are speaking and…