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Philip Ryken

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Risk Management

Risk ManagementWindow on the WorldPhilip Ryken We live in a risky world, and it is important to know what kinds of risks we should and shouldn’t take, as well as…

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Risk Management

Risk ManagementWindow on the WorldPhilip Ryken We live in a risky world, and it is important to know what kinds of risks we should and shouldn’t take, as well as…

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Tears for a Fallen World

We should be grieving deeply with our brothers and sisters in Turkey and China. I say in Turkey because of the vicious torture and cruel murder of three men who were…

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It’s Not Fair!

Newsweek’s recent debate between Sam Harris and Rick Warren (“God Debate”) has a number of compelling moments, including the following litany of questions, courtesy of Sam Harris: “How is it fair…

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National Poetry Month

Few things are more out of fashion of among contemporary readers (a declining breed as it is) than poetry.  At a Bible study workshop last Saturday I asked a group…

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Boice Memorial

James Montgomery Boice (1938-2000) On April 22, 2007 a memorial plaque commemorating the service of James Montgomery Boice as Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church was unveiled. In late 2000,…

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The Daughters of Hurin

Spied at PCRT in Grand Rapids: Ligon Duncan hunkered down in a corner of the Country Kitchen, his nose in a book.  A new book by J. R. R. Tolkien,…

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In Absentia

My entrance into the blogosphere will be sporadic over the next week or two as I prepare to speak at the Women in the Church leadership and Mission to North…

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An Evening of Brahms

For the last several years Tenth Church has been performing a concert on the evening of Good Friday — something that has proven to be a suitable recognition of the…

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True Repentance, in Four Parts

Charles Spurgeon’s sermon “Christ’s First and Last Subject” is on repentance, which Christ preached both at the beginning (see Matthew 4:17) and at the end (see Luke 24:47) of his…