Good Coffee
Those of you who know me know of my loyalty to St. Arbucks. I love their strong coffee. I also make a habit of doing much of my sermon preparation at Starbucks. One of the great advantages of this practice…
Month August 2007
Reformed Expository Commentary Series
Tim Challies interviews Rick Phillips regarding the Reformed Expository Commentary Series. Great interview, Rick!
Gospel-Driven Cultural Engagement
Every society has a “culture” or set of shared beliefs, values, and practices which provides a common approach to understanding and dealing with the larger questions of life. “Where do we come from? What do our lives mean? What is…
AP and MTV on the Happiness of Young People
Tom Ascol over at Founders has some great thoughts on a recent study by the AP and MTV on young people and happiness (Young People).
More good responses to Dawkins
This is a helpful series of posts dealing specifically with Richard Dawkins spurious attacks on theism (::: christianthinker.net :::). Atheism is growing more popular because of the acceptance of poor arguments, illogic, and flat out distortions of the truth. Christians…
Southern Baptists and Theology
The Southern Baptist Convention was founded by men who were true theologians. However, with the dawning of the 20th century and the passing of those early founders the theological precision of the SBC began to dull. Southern Baptists became known…
Before you convert to Roman Catholicism…
Monergism has a link to a list of questions (Top Ten List) that Dr. James White would pose to anyone considering converting from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
On Saying “Imputation”
A friend has written to share a helpful quotation from Calvin. In the 1536 edition of his Institutes, Calvin defends the use of the word “Trinity” and other “extra-biblical” words such as ousia and hypostasis as legitimate terms of art…
The Medium is the Message (almost)
I have linked to a great article (Scriptorium Daily) at Scriptrorium that uses the cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbes as evidence that the link between the medium and the message is much stronger than some think. I have believed for…
The Gospel Driven Church
The church must never move beyond the Gospel. It seems odd that a church could “lose” the Gospel but it is more common than we dare imagine. So much of the preaching and worship of the church is focused ultimately…