Rick Phillips

Please pray for Dr. D. James Kennedy, his wife and daughter, and Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.  Dr. Kennedy is in grave condition following a heart attack last evening.  Jim’s health…

I took my family today to see The Nativity Story.  It is a tremendous movie.  It is not only reverent but extremely moving.  The script if faithful to the Bible,…

I have been preaching through the Gospel of John for the last couple of years, and this Sunday I complete John chapter 10.  This also concludes my study of the…

God bless you.  I believe that future history (whether in heaven or on earth) will look back on these present years and realize that the most valuable servants in Christ’s…

The current phenomenon of ministers downloading or otherwise cribbing sermons is yet another symptom of a church that is spiritually out to sea.  The Bible says that the ascended Christ…

While driving to and from a presbytery meeting tonight, I listened to Scot McKnight’s address on the Emerging Church Movement from Westminster Theological Seminary’s Emerging Church Forum.  I highly recommend…

It seems to me that the blogosphere reaction to the Ted Haggard scandal is breaking two ways.  On one side are those who utterly denounce the man and see in…

This morning in the Atlanta airport, I read a USA Today article on the Ted Haggard fiasco.  I was struck by a comment that seems to reflect much of the…

Our editor has not gotten much response on his querry for our list of the most influential books of the last fifty years.  Perhaps he forgot that only he is…

Thanks, Phil, for passing on those comments about the incarnation and impassibility, and Derek for those excellent quotes.  Too often, impassibility is taken to mean that God feels nothing —…