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Philip Ryken

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Out of Pornography’s Pit

John Freeman serves as the director of HarvestUSA, a gospel ministry for people struggling with effects of sexual brokenness.  Happily, the Philadelphia Daily News is running a series of John’s…

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Jonah: The Big Picture

Paul Tripp has begun his tenure as the regular evening preacher at Tenth Presbyterian, following such worthies as Rick Phillips and Aaron Messner.  He opened on Sunday with an overview…

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Football and the Sovereignty of God

As a football fan with a rooting interest for the University of Oregon, I write to ask Rick Phillips whether — in light of Michigan’s disastrous start to the college…

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Still Homeward Bound

A reader has written to take issue with my post “Homeward Bound.”  First the critique, and then my response: Pastor Ryken commends as “good” Thomas R. Taylor’s text “I’m But…

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The Last Western

In response to Carl Trueman’s post on 3-10 Yuma, it should also be noted that Brokeback Mountain –with its homosexual love theme — effectively destroyed the Western as a genre. …

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Mars Hill Audio Journal

In a recent mailing, Mars Hill Audio worries a little that they are “still something on an unintentionally well-kept secret,” and that they “hope to change that in the coming year.”…

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Teresa, Paul, and Union with Christ

Many thanks to Rick for a thoughtful and provocative post on Mother Teresa.  With regard to her nearly fifty year struggle to experience any presence of Christ in her life…

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The Theology of Michael Vick

Although I did not see the whole press conference yesterday, it was encouraging to see Michael Vick apologizing for at least some of the things he did and failed to…