Rick Phillips

As a public announcement to our non-native Ref21 contributors, I point out that the great American Octoberfest begins today: the major league baseball playoffs.  There is no more American cultural…

Great comments on porn, Phil and Carl.  My pastoral experience dealing with this issue has taught me that this issue is tied to a broader issue of idolatry that becomes…

Like Phil, I got a copy of The Great Exchange, kindly sent to me by Jerry Bridges.  I’m very glad to see it, having been told of it by Jerry…

I am seriously bumming because it is overcast here in Portland, so in my first visit to this lovely city I cannot even see Mt. Hood.  But we had a…

I see that Phil has revealed his true character by kicking us Wolverines when we are down (or should I say, by blocking the kick?).  And this after I so…

I have received a couple of emails from my post on Roger Olson’s frightening words regarding “the God of Calvinism,” asking if I was declaring the man to be unsaved. …

Justin’s blog has seen a lot of comments (good ones, too) in response to Roger Olson’s comments about the Calvinistic God.  Olson was recoiling against John Piper’s take on God’s…

By now, many will have heard about the recent revelations concerning Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s crisis of faith.  The book version is now out, containing her private correspondence with her…

I was both happy and sad to note the press release announcing the retirement of Dr. D. James Kennedy from the pastorate of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.  The only reason…

I have never met CJ Mahaney and don’t know much about Covenant Life Church.  But this video commemorating his 25 years at that church was compelling and God-glorifying, and it…