Month August 2012

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The Cigarette of Publishing

If you follow my blog, you might have noticed that I regularly review or reflect on books from Cruciform Press. This is a fairly new publisher, offering a subscription to their now bimonthly release of books. With each book usually…

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A Puritan preacher remembered

Dr William Bates preached the funeral sermon of Thomas Manton. When we read how he described his departed friend, we understand why it is reported that Bates would weep whenever he spoke of Manton for some years after his friend’s…

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The Man of Joy

If creation provides the basic mold filled by redemptive re-creation (Is 45:18; Rev 7:9; 1 Cor 15:45), and if human fathers with their children, however finitely or imperfectly, image God as the Father of His children (Matt 7:11; Heb 12:7),…

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Here’s Your Sign

Well it happened again. There I was, innocently driving my car,  only to come face to face with another bad church sign. Here is what the latest offender said: “Pray” is a four-letter word that you can’t say in public…

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Trueman Down Under

The recent issue of Ambassador magazine, of the Melbourne School of Theology, features our resident celebrity, Dr. Trueman. Nevertheless, he still has street cred: few celebrity pastors get the title “International Scholar.” 

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Commitment: A Solitary Ember

A helpful illustration:   A church member who had been devoutly active for many years suddenly was absent. One cold winter evening the pastor knocked at his door. Actually, the pastor and the church member had been long-time good friends.  …

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Now that’s good Calvinism!

Words: Jo­si­ah Con­der, 1836.  My Lord, I did not choose You,For that could never be;My heart would still refuse You,Had You not chosen me.You took the sin that stained me,You cleansed me, made me new;Of old You have ordained me,That…