Philip Ryken

Up until a few weeks ago, Congressman Mark Foley served as the United States Representative from the 16th District of Florida. In what is now a painful irony, Representative Foley…

David Shiflett is the author of Exodus: Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity.  Shiflett draws on the work of Dean Kelley and others who have documented the…

The fall issue of Southern Seminary’s magazine opens with a manifesto from Al Mohler on “The State of Preaching Today.”  In his indictment of contemporary trends, Mohler mentions five critical areas…

Reading through some other people’s lists has reminded me of a few books I should have included.  Under the category of the books that were the most influential, both the…

Tell us, Lig — enquiring minds want to know: who does your quote about the Word of God come from?  I’ll guess Charles Spurgeon, but not with a lot of…

Special thanks to Rick Phillips for calling me middle-aged.  In my view, middle age begins at 50, a milestone I feel confident Rick will reach before me.  Typically I only comment on…

In preparing for this week’s sermon I came across James Boice’s memorable comments on Genesis 18:20-21, in which the Lord says, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great…

In doing a little research this week on illiteracy, biblical and otherwise, I came across a provocative statement from David Gelernter (“Bible Illiteracy in America,” The Weekly Standard, May 23, 2005,…

I have been reading with profit an article by Kevin DeYoung in the Spring 2006 issue of Westminster Theological Journal entitled “Divine Impassibility and the Passion of Christ in the…