No one like criticism. Even when the criticism is legitimate or at least partially legitimate the sting is very real. For pastors this is especially true because so much of our work depends on being liked. The reality is intensified…
From John Newton: Give me leave to ask pastors: What would you do if you did not find yourself occasionally poor, insufficient, and stupid? Are you aware of what might be the possible, the probable, the almost certain consequences, if…
“When a church forfeits its doctrinal convictions and then embraces ambiguity and tolerates heresy, it undermines its own credibility and embraces its own destruction.” – From an article by Al Mohler
Michael Wittmer is a guy I trust. His book Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough is well worth reading. He also posted a series of effective responses to Brian MacLaren’s tragic book A New Kind of…
This is a book that I was eager to read. I’ve had a very critical attitude about where technology is going, and how it is shaping us before I curmudgeonly surrendered to blogging and all (well, really only some of)…
And the abuses abound! Don Carson has written a helpful article for the latest issue of Themelios. Carson writes: Several years ago I wrote a fairly restrained critique of the emerging church movement as it then existed, before it morphed…
This is somewhat overdue, as I promised Crossway I would do it some time back; but the following is a belated recommendation of Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault by Justin S. Holcomb and…
This is somewhat overdue, as I promised Crossway I would do it some time back; but the following is a belated recommendation of Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault by Justin S. Holcomb and…
The following are the posts/articles that I found most helpful in considering how Christians can think biblically about the death of Osama Bin Laden: John Piper Kevin DeYoung 1 Kevin DeYoung 2 Christopher Morgan Michael Horton Carl Trueman
Forget flexing your muscles! I had an email from the Banner of Truth to say that JC Ryle’s expository thoughts on the gospels is going to be published in hardback with the type reset. It should be available later…
