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David Brainerd, Part 4
“Lord’s day, April 18–Retired early this morning into the woods for prayer; had the assistance of God’s Spirit, and faith in exercise, and was enabled to plead with fervency for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom in the world, and to…
Reformation Hymn Festival
Last night was the 8th annual Reformation Hymn Festival at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church. It was a memorable evening of praise. Westminster Seminary California’s President, Dr. Robert Godfrey, was the preacher. He made a simple but important point about the…
What the Bible Says about Marriage
What the Bible Says About Marriage really is what the Bible says about marriage! Though Selvaggio limits the scope of his study to the Song of Songs and what that book has to say about marriage, romantic love, and sex,…
Scripture and Worship: Biblical Interpretation and the Directory of Public Worship
The dust that can be seen swirling in the distance is the aftereffects of Richard A. Muller’s scholarly avalanche. He has marshaled mountains of historical evidence to bury the various twentieth century agenda-driven “Calvin against the Calvinist” schemes devised to…
The Beauty of God: Theology and the Arts
The Beauty of God contains a collection of ten essays presented at the 2006 Wheaton Theology Conference. The essays are divided topically into three categories: music, visual arts, and texts and culture. As with any collection of essays, viewpoints, perspectives,…
How Free is Free Will?
Most of us who grew up in evangelical churches were taught that the answers to everything from the presence of evil in the world to the population of heaven were ultimately due to human free will. It was almost reflexive.…
Parabolic Movies and Mozart
A potpourri of trivia and gems: first, a warning if you listen to Rick’s advice to watch the meerkat saga! He should have told us of the emotional cost of investing sympathy for Mozart and her two sisters! In the space…
Double the Witness
This week I received not one but two fresh new books on evangelism in the mail. One is by Rick Phillips: Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John. It is very attractively put together,…