“Nothing but a bunch of cells can be her”
Ross Douthat has posted a thoughtful article on America’s paradoxical attitude toward the unborn. “This is the paradox of America’s unborn. No life is so desperately sought after, so hungrily…
Todd Pruitt
Todd Pruitt (MDiv, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) currently serves as lead pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, VA. He is also co-host with Carl Trueman for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals’ podcast Mortification of Spin. Todd and his wife, Karen, have been married since 1990 and have three children: Kate, Ryan, and Matthew.
Tenth Presbyterian endorses Liam Goligher
The Pastoral Selection Committee of Tenth Presbyterian Church here in Philadelphia has put forward Liam Goligher to serve as the next Senior Ministier.To my mind, this is an excellent selection.…
“The Legalism of Tolerance”
Derek Webb likes to stir it up every now and again. His favorite targets of disdain are those rascally conservative Christians. Recently he’s made a few headlines by offering his…
More “Best Books”
Sam Storms has posted his favorite books of 2010 HERE. On his list is one that could easily have made mine but I neglected to list it. It is Tom…
My Top Reads for 2010
The following are the books published in 2010 that I enjoyed most. I am limiting the list to those books from Christian publishing houses. The Heresy of Orthodoxy by Kostenberger…
Domesticated Transcendence
From Michael Gerson writing in The Washington Post: Christmas has become a kind of alternative religion, offering watered-down versions of profound theological doctrines. Its miracles are found on 34th Street,…
How “mere” can Christianity be before it ceases to be Christian?
Carl Trueman calls attention to a very interesting article in The Spectator. Bruce Anderson, an atheist, makes some insightful claims about Christianity which suggest that he understands the Christian faith…
Can you explain the Gospel?
[vimeo w=400&h=225] What is the Gospel? from Southern Seminary on Vimeo.
Will a Christian deny the virgin birth of Jesus?
Writing for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof once pointed to belief in the virgin birth of Jesus as evidence of that conservative Christians are a bit dim. There are…
There’s a sermon illustration in this somewhere…
Read about a woman who cannot experience fear.