Month March 2010

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American street evangelist jailed in Scotland

I don’t know much about Shawn Holes, except that he was in Glasgow last week preaching the Gospel on the street, and then arrested and charged with making homophobic and prejudiced statements. Apparently someone asked him what he thought about…

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Take and Read

WTS Bookstore is offering two great books at 50% off.You Can Change by Tim ChesterWhat is the Gospel by Greg Gilbert

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Why is N.T. Wright speaking at Redeemer?

I like Tim Keller. His passion for urban church planting has served as both model and inspiration for a new generation of church planters. His commitment to biblical exposition and clarity in the Gospel are an encouraging alternative to the…

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A Great PCRT in Grand Rapids

We praise the Lord for a tremendous weekend in the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, meeting at the jam-packed Byron Center First CRC in Grand Rapids.  Saturday was one of those unforgettable PCRT days that the Lord so often provides…

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Contesting Inerrancy at Erskine

Things have sure heated up here in South Carolina over the move by the ARP general synod to ensure doctrinal fidelity at its denominational college and seminary, Erskine.  As usually happens, the continuing conflict has only shown how necessary that…

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MDB 59: John 15

“One who loves instruction is one who loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is an ignoramus” (Prov 12:1). As we’ve seen in earlier devotionals this week, those who dare embrace the moniker Christian must be known by their love–indiscriminately…

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MDB 58: Ephesians 4

When’s the last time you went to a private social club? If you think that kind of thing is for the rich alone, guess again. The Yellow Pages are filled with lists of social clubs in which anyone in the…

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Piety’s Wisdom

Mark Beach has done us all a service by publishing an introduction to Calvin’s Institutes — Piety’s Wisdom.I have to confess that my first encounter with Calvin’s magnum opus proved a difficult one. Calvin’s logic was not mine at the…

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The Trials of Church Historians

Just landed on my desk: a copy of The Trials of Theology: Becoming a ‘Proven Worker’ in a Dangerous Business edited by Andrew J. B. Cameron and Brian S. Rosner (Christian Focus). Essays include voices from the past (Luther, Spurgeon,…