Poor old Trueman….
A bad week for Trueman, a good week for taxi drivers. Now he’s upset the Lutherans — say it ain’t so! Clearly, his appeal to pray for the spread of the gospel in Germany should not have included prayer for…
Month August 2010
The Land of Luther
Having bored you all silly over the last three weeks with Luther material, here’s a video about an exciting new venture being pioneered in Germany by Sebastian Heck, a Reformed pastor who wants to see Luther’s gospel once again preached…
The Land of Luther
Having bored you all silly over the last three weeks with Luther material, here’s a video about an exciting new venture being pioneered in Germany by Sebastian Heck, a Reformed pastor who wants to see Luther’s gospel once again preached…
Luther and the Jews III: Lessons
In yesterday’s post, I pointed to the fact that, while we today find Luther’s 1543 work, On the Jews and their Lies, extraordinarily vile and offensive, it was, sadly, in many ways a rather conventional piece for the time. I…
Luther and the Jews III: Lessons
In yesterday’s post, I pointed to the fact that, while we today find Luther’s 1543 work, On the Jews and their Lies, extraordinarily vile and offensive, it was, sadly, in many ways a rather conventional piece for the time. I…
Remembering Marx… or not
In our Friday morning staff meeting (at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson that is), Ligon invariably asks me to lead in a devotional. This morning I reflected for a moment or two on the fact that on August 26, 1824, Karl…
If the cap fits….
I’ve never thought of myself as a TR, but Darryl Hart’s take on recent comments on myself and David Bahnsen place me explicitly in that camp and, frankly, capture the points at issue. Anyone interested can find DG’s post here. …
If the cap fits….
I’ve never thought of myself as a TR, but Darryl Hart’s take on recent comments on myself and David Bahnsen place me explicitly in that camp and, frankly, capture the points at issue. Anyone interested can find DG’s post here. …
Legalism & Self Help – The Fruit of Missing the Gospel
In Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, one of the most important books on preaching I have ever read, Graeme Goldsworthy writes: We are all legalists at heart. We all love to be able to say that we have…
On Avoiding Public Self-Humiliation
Is it just me, or has there been an outbreak this past week of embarrassing examples of Christians dialoging badly with one another in the public square? Off the top of my head: R. Scott Clark’s blog response to Clark…