A heretic by any other name (1)…
I have had my fill of Brian McLaren. I have read his books up through “Generous Orthodoxy” which is neither orthodox or generous. But I am glad that others are still reading him with a clear eye so that those…
Month February 2010
The Moral Insanity of NOW
It has been said, “It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt. NOW opens it’s mouth and once again removes all doubt. In a report from the LA Times…
MDB 27: Mark 12 & Rom 12
In both of these chapters we have the great commandment, the second part of the Great Commandments that is, to love one another. Paul expresses it in the middle of one of his discussions on spiritual gifts. Curiously, over in 1…
Charles Simeon – A man who understood to Whom he answered
From an address by John Piper: In April, 1831, Charles Simeon was 71 years old. He had been the pastor of Trinity Church, Cambridge, England, for 49 years. He was asked one afternoon by his friend, Joseph Gurney, how he…
As one with authority
“Throughout the history of the church the greatest preachers have been those who have recognized that they have no authority in themselves, and have seen their task as being to explain the words of Scripture and apply them clearly to…
Books Available This Month:
Scandalous by D.A. Carson Discovering God in the Stories of the Bible by Phil Ryken Wired for Intimacy by William Struthers The Masculine Mandate by Richard Phillips
“Bigotry in modern parlance…”
“Now-a-days, if a man is very reverent towards the word of God, and very desirous to obey the Lord’s commands in everything, people say, “He is very precise,” and they shun him; or, with still more acrimony, they say, “He…
My Life Story – “An Inconsistent Account”
“As to myself, I would tell you how it is with me if I could: at the best, it would be an inconsistent account…I am a sinner, believing in the name of Jesus. I am a silly sheep, but I…
MDB 26: Gen 41, Job 8, Mark 11
Genesis 41, Job 8, Mark 11, with Romans 11 Joseph, Job (chapter 7 finds him in a particularly low spot), and a fig tree (Mark 11) all have something in common. They all find themselves at varying times perplexed, awed, dismayed,…
The Problem of Evangelical Minimalism
Michael Horton, in an article for Nine Marks Journal, struggles with the question of what exactly is an evangelical. It feels like a renewed storm, or at least a squall, has been gathering around the term “evangelical” lately. More and…