Month November 2009

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CT interviews Michael Horton

Michael Horton was interviewed by Christianity Today about his books Christless Christianity and The Gospel-Driven Life. What is at the core of the temptation to practice a Christless Christianity? When the emphasis becomes human-centered rather than God-centered. In more conservative…

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Ray Ortlund at Gospel Coalition

Glad to see my friend, Ray Ortlund, senior pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, is now blogging at the Gospel Coalition. Thankful for his passion for Christ and his Gospel and for revival in this generation.

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“Well Acts” and the Loss of Sin

Much armchair and professional psychoanalyzing has gone on about the Major Hasan’s murderous rampage at Fort Hood. What seems to be lost in the hunt for a motive is the reality of human sin fueled by a wicked ideology. Al…

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I am my biggest problem

From Paul Tripp: I must face the fact that my greatest need is not environmental. My greatest need does not derive from the fact that the brokenness of the Fall fractures every situation, every relationship, and every context. Yes, all…

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13 Books on the Doctrine of God

Keith Mathison from Ligonier Ministries has recommended 13 books on the doctrine of God. Check out the list HERE. I would add to that excellent list a few titles that are a bit more accessable to the lay person:Knowing God…

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Blog 224: 4.17.21 – 4.17.24

What does “ís” mean in “This is my body”? Metonymy, Calvin answers in the same way that Scripture represents one thing by another in such expressions as, “circumcision is a covenant” (gen. 17:13), the “lamb is the Passover” (Exod. 12:11)…

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Ehrman’s Errors

In the latest issue of Themelios, Darrel Bock reviews Bart Ehrman’s latest attack on the Bible, Jesus, Interrupted. Bart Ehrman’s Jesus, Interrupted by his own admission says nothing new. It packages what scholars have been saying about issues in the…

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Cormac McCarthy

There are few writers I enjoy reading as much as Cormac McCarthy. I began reading McCarthy when I picked up a copy of Blood Meridian a year or so after I graduated from University. I was hooked. McCarthy was interviewed…