Rick Phillips

Like CJ, I am a lifelong Washington Redskins fan (and like him, I probably saw on tv at least 75% of Art Monk’s catches).  Thanks to CJ for his great…

This past Lord’s Day evening, our church saw the ordination of Rev. Gabriel Fluher.  Gabe is a recent graduate of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and has been a most outstanding intern…

Thanks, Carl, for the link to the Wright-Neuhaus.  Despite, as you point out, the increasingly whiny stance of NTW’s self-defense, you have to admit that he is pretty feisty.  My…

I was alerted by Scott Clark’s blog to a year-old article by Sally Morgenthaler in which she declares the worship-evangelism mega-church experiment, of which she was such a proponent, to…

The Presbyterian Layman reports that after first voting to remove “homosexual perversion” from the list of sins found in the Heidelberg Confession, the PC(USA) then approved a $2 million warchest…

I had the privilege yesterday, along with the other elders of Second Church, of spending the afternoon and evening (before and after evening worship) hearing professions of faith from applicants for membership…

Now that summer is actually here, I can add my summer reading list.  Part of this is based on my delusion that summer will actually slow things down!  I always…

The Christian calendar practiced by most evangelicals today is extremely illuminating.  What it shows is our generally weak appreciation for the fullness of Christ’s saving work.  Two big holidays occupy…

Having preached a sermon that touched in part on the Christian Sabbath (the text was John 5:9-18), I followed it up with a pastor’s letter that gave advice to those…

Last night I began a Wednesday night series on 1 Timothy.  My main topic last night was apostolicity, drawing from Paul’s salutation.  I am often struck by how significant some…