Why I Chose to Preach on Job
“You’re not going to preach right through Job are you? This is going to be so depressing!” Such, at first, was the reaction of one or two of my congregation at the church door on Sunday morning after I began…
Month October 2009
Why I Chose to Preach on Job
“You’re not going to preach right through Job are you? This is going to be so depressing!” Such, at first, was the reaction of one or two of my congregation at the church door on Sunday morning after I began…
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
A Million Miles in a Thousand YearsBy Donald Miller288 p.Thomas Nelson (September 2009) Donald Miller has a fascinating ability to engage readers as he reflects on the journey of his life. I first noticed this in Blue Like Jazz, later…
Blog 202: 4.12.11-18
It is a dangerous and impious zeal that seeks to “unchurch” a brother or sister because they do not meet our standards of perfection. Discipline in the church, Calvin argues, must be done with a measure of grace and understanding;…
Blog 201: 4.12.5-10
Common as it is today to cast the burden of examination prior to participation at the Lord’s Supper upon the participant, Calvin saw it otherwise: knowingly and willingly to admit “an unworthy person whom he could rightfully turn away, is…
Blog 200: 4.11.14-4.12.4
It is a fact often cited (too often?) that Calvin did not regard church discipline as a mark of the church, insisting instead on two marks: faithful preaching and the right administration of the sacraments. This is often said to…
Carl Trueman on Puritan Spirituality
I have a deep appreciation for the Puritans. They have been misunderstood and maligned. In recent decades however the Puritans have experienced a resurgence. They were not nearly the killjoys that they have often been portrayed to be. Certainly they…
Would these two guys have dinner together?
Probably not. But I ran across two great posts today from two friends–one by D. G. Hart, on the secular left’s confused accounting of the “Religious Right”, and the other by Tim Keller, on why the nitty-gritty of pastoral leadership…
The greatest temptation
From Samuel Rutherford (in The Loveliness of Christ [Banner of Truth, 2007], 4-5): I find it most true, that the greatest temptation out of hell, is to live without temptations; if my waters should stand, they would rot. Faith is…
“Remarkable Faith in the Midst of Regrettable Tragedy”
Check out Dr. Julius Kim’s chapel message delivered at Westminster Seminary.