The Moral Blindness of Barack Obama
Okay, I’m laying my cards on the table. Christians should not vote for Barack Obama. Those of you who know me know that while I do speak to political issues I am very careful not to endorse any candidates…
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Great Stuff on Marriage
Mike Bullmore, pastor of Crossway Community Church is one of my favorite preachers. Justin Taylor has posted these wonderful messages from the seventh chapter of 1 Corinthians that Dr. Bullmore recently preached to his congregation. If you would like to…
Free Indeed
This past Sunday I visited Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Lancaster city on a field trip with my students in my course on Christianity and American culture. This church, named after “Mother Bethel,” the church Richard Allen founded…
Interesting
Dr. Tom Ascol is a brother I really appreciate. He is the Executive Director of Founders Ministries and the pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida. For the last two years at the annual meeting of the Southern…
Galatians and Justification
This is an outstanding teaching series by D.A. Carson and Michael Horton on Galatians and the doctrine of justification. These messages were delivered at the Clarus Conference at Desert Springs Church. Thanks to Justin Taylor for posting this link.
The Church’s Greatest Need (2)
Tim Keller of the Gospel Coaltion has responded to the question, “What is the most crying need in the church today?” Keller writes: I’m throwing in with Jim Boice on this one (cf. his Two Cities: Two Loves.) The evangelical…
Them that honour me…
Some of today’s Scottish newspapers are running a story about our local school’s girls’ football team. Against all the odds, they beat off older teams from larger schools all over Scotland, to reach the final of a national tournament sponsored…
A tale of two statues
I have often felt that there is a wealth of good reading material buried away in the annals of past editions of congregational and denominational magazines. Our own denominational paper, The Monthly Record (its title has not changed…
Review: Minority Report by Carl Trueman
Minority Report: Unpopular Thoughts on Everything From Ancient Christianity to Zen CalvinismReview by Rev. Anthony T. SelvaggioPublisher: Christian Focus (2008)Author: Carl R. TruemanPages: 221 The Reformed and conservative evangelical world often seems so hackneyed, two dimensional and pedestrian. Those…
Sermons on the Acts of the Apostles Review
John Calvin, Sermons on the Acts of the Apostles 1-7(Edinburgh, Banner of Truth Trust, 2008) Reviewed by Paul Helm Students of Calvin know the story of how many of his sermon transcriptions, bound in volumes and kept in the University…