Month January 2011

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“House of Horrors” in West Philly

Abortion is an unmitigated evil. What is more, it is self-evidently wrong. We simply “can’t not know” that abortion is wrong. It is a monumental wrong. It is not like other wrongs. It is the slaughter of the most vulnerable…

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Sunday’s Sermons

On Sunday morning we were blessed to have Michael Oh in the COS pulpit. He preached an outstanding message entitled “The Individual’s Suffering and the Salvation of the World.” It was taken from Psalm 22.On Sunday evening I preached a…

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The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

Moody Press recently commissioned Carl Trueman to write an ebook which is entitled The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Carl was kind enough to allow me to read an advance copy some months ago. I read it again this…

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The Moral Incoherance of Abortion

From John Piper: 1. Existing fetal homicide laws make a man guilty of manslaughter if he kills the baby in a mother’s womb (except in the case of abortion). 2. Fetal surgery is performed on babies in the womb to…

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The pastor and notoriety…

“Notoriety can be gained at once by just being singular, and setting up to know better than those around you. Everybody will talk about you at once, and you can impress yourself upon their memories by saying something very cutting…

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Puffin’ the …

Kindle (or Ipad) users will be interested to see that Amazon have now released an e-version of Carl Trueman’s “The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind” (Moody) here for a buck and a half.  Who said Carl wasn’t cheap?

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Real Shame VS. Shameless Profiteering

Perhaps you have heard the news that Ted Haggard is going to have his own reality show on TLC. I know. Just when you think someone’s willingness to abase himself and his family can’t be any greater… Over at Ref21…