I love reading the Puritans. Often misunderstood in our own day, the Puritans have in recent years been rediscovered by historians who have found that their grim caricature bears little resemblance to the real men and women who made up…
The late Donald Grey Barnhouse once pondered what it would look like if Satan were to take over an entire city. His observation, made some fifty years ago, bears repeating in our own day. Dr. Barnhouse believed that a city…
Sunday was a marvelous day of worship at Tenth Presbyterian Church, with the ordination of Jonathan David Olsen as Assistant Minister for City Outreach. I heard Jonathan’s membership interview ten years ago, when he first came to worship with us…
I see that it has been a little while since I have managed even a brief post. Among the many things that occupied my attention this week were two days of board meetings at Philadelphia’s Westminster Theological Seminary. This week…
I know the title of this article sounds a bit odd to modern American ears. A cordial refers to a sweet after dinner drink or a variety of chocolates that have a sweet liquid center. It was not unusual for…
The Bible, the whole thing, is a Christian book. The Old Testament is for Christians just as much as the New Testament. The division of the Bible into two testaments has often been misunderstood. It has allowed for a fractured…
Here’s a paper Tim Keller referenced today in his talk at the Gospel Coalition: Sinclair Ferguson’s Preaching Christ from the Old Testament.
A friend brought the following article to my attention. It’s from Britain’s Guardian (or `Grauniad’) It’s rather reminiscent of an article in a British broadsheet a few years ago which painted David Peterson, Principal of Oak Hill, as a…
A friend brought the following article to my attention. It’s from Britain’s Guardian (or `Grauniad’) It’s rather reminiscent of an article in a British broadsheet a few years ago which painted David Peterson, Principal of Oak Hill, as a…
A friend brought the following article to my attention. It’s from Britain’s Guardian (or `Grauniad’) It’s rather reminiscent of an article in a British broadsheet a few years ago which painted David Peterson, Principal of Oak Hill, as a…
