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Philip Ryken

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Reasons for Faith

Westminster Seminary’s K. Scott Oliphint has just published a book with the very promising title Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology.  Bill Edgar writes: “This is a…

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Lost at Sea?

Last week a New Jersey fisherman found a plastic bag full of letters in the surf off Atlantic City.  There were about 300 letters in the bag — some dating…

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Is It Really a Setback?

A correspondent with much closer first-hand knowledge of missionary work in Kazakhstan has written to say that although he shares my frustration with Borat, he is not convinced that the…

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The Latest Evangelical Scandal

Some readers may be aware that the President of the National Association of Evangelicals resigned yesterday over accusations of secret liaisons with a homosexual prostitute.  Sadly, since Ted Haggard of…

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A Setback for Kazakh Missions

I have been loosely aware of the hype surrounding Borat, the mockumentary starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.  However, it was only today that I learned the film’s subtitle and…

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A Good, Dutch Death

Reuters reported this week that a 65-year old Dutch widow died of a heart attack right next to the grave where she planned to be buried.  She was carrying a…

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Landmark Legal Decision

Yesterday New Jersey’s highest court ruled that “the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated under our state constitution.”  While the court…

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Atheism on the Charts

Writing for Reuters, Michael Conlon reports that a “fresh wave of atheistic books has hit the market this autumn, some climbing onto best-seller lists in what proponents see as a…

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Standing Firm in Christ

I just received Rick Phillips’s new exposition of Hebrews — a handsome volume in the Reformed Expository Commentary series that I am helping to edit.  This is a substantial work…