Philip Ryken

For my first post since June (so long I could hardly remember how to find the window for posting), I share a couple of apt turns of phrase from my…

Summer vacation (as well as a teaching trip to Regent College in Vancouver) begins next week.  As I anticipate laying down many of the burdens of pastoral care, at least…

Writing in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, David Wells explains what our church and our culture need: “The renewal of which we stand in need, I believe, is…

As promised, a gem from The Beauty of God.  Here is a stanza from Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner’s “Nunc Dimittis” — part of a series of post 9/11 poems based on…

Alas, things have been so busy that I have not really entered into the mode of summer reading yet — at least what I would call summer reading.  But I…

Over the past week I have had the opportunity to review advance proofs of the ESV Study Bible that is planned for publication in October of 2008.  Although I have…

I am also reading The Faithful Preacher this week, a book by Thabiti Anyabwile that presents selections from Lemuel Haynes, Daniel Payne, and Francis Grimke, three African-American pastors from the…

With a road trip this week, I have finally had the opportunity to read The Jesus Gospel by my friend Liam Goligher, who preaches at the historical Duke Street Richmond…

James MacDonald (Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, IL) gave us this zinger at The Gospel Coalition this week: “Sometimes our presentation of the gospel is so watered down that even…

Like Ligon, I am spending most of the week at the Pastor’s Colloquium sponsored by The Gospel Coalition — 40+ pastors from across the country who are committed to evangelical…