Charles Simeon
There is a great post from Scriptorium Daily by Fred Sanders on one of my heros – Charles Simeon. Here is a portion: Simeon’s main goal in all his preaching…
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.
From The Gospel Coalition
The Gospel Coalition will be hosting their national conference in April. Take a look at the speakers and topics. God willing, I will be there. Also, check out their new…
NOT a Parody
From Harper’s Magazine: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED From the website of You’ve Been Left Behind, a service that for a $40 fee provides customers who expect to be raptured the chance…
Witherington Critiques Bell
Ben Witherington, a world-class New Testament scholar from Asbury Theological Seminary recently interacted with some statements from emerging church leader Rob Bell. Witherington is very irenic in tone. While not…
Why do we suffer?
Do you ever wonder why God does not fully explain the reality of pain? John Piper has written an excellent post on that topic. He writes: “One of the reasons…
Stranger in a Strange Land
Nathan Williams has written two posts (here and here) about his recent visit to Mars Hill Bible Church pastored by emerging church leader Rob Bell. I think William’s experience speaks…
Segregated in Christ?
This Sunday I am preaching on Acts 6:1-7. It is the account of the first real challenge to the church’s unity. The incident that Luke recounts exposed an ugly division…
Trinitarian Discipleship
I love J.I. Packer. I try to read everything he writes. His influence upon sound evangelical thinking would be difficult to overestimate. One of Packer’s many strengths is his ability…
You Might Be Emergent If…
“You might be an emergent Christian: if you listen to U2, Moby, and Johnny Cash’s Hurt (sometimes in church), use sermon illustrations from The Sopranos, drink lattes in the afternoon…
SBC Bravado
Thanks to Timmy Brister for this important post: “Nobody can tell a Southern Baptist what to do.”“That’s the comment by Darrell Orman, chairman of the Resolutions Committee, speaking to Christianity…