Rick Phillips

With the great volume of new books these days, there are few truly significant publishing events.  The sixth volume of Hughes Oliphant Old’s The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures…

It’s been quite a while since I contributed to the Ref21 blog, as numerous people have commented to me via email.  Sorry about that.  The bottom line is that I’ve…

It seems that every year at the PCRT, something is said that focuses the entire conference.  Last year it was Sinclair Ferguson’s insistence that our goal is not merely “to…

I just returned from the first installment of this year’s Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA.  It was another classic PCRT!  There were so…

More chronicles from my just-finished trip to Uganda.  During our layover in London, our little group attended the evensong service at Westminster Abbey.  We wanted to worship, since it was…

I just returned from this year’s trip to Uganda to preach at the African Bible College.  As before, it was a truly inspiring time of ministry and fellowship.  I thought…

This weekend we launch the 2007 Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology with our meeting in Emmanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, California.  This year’s theme is: “The Word: Above All Earthly Powers.” …

Yesterday, J. Alan Groves entered into the glory of his Lord after a long struggle with cancer.  Al was professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, a fervent and…

I have received some complaints that my interaction with Phil Ryken (see below, 1/29/07) on patriarchy represents a capitulation on the issue of biblically-mandated male leadership.  My comment on use…

The next stop on our tour through proverbial masculinity is self-control.  Proverbs 16:32 tells us, “Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his…