Missing the point
I confess to having no clue that Vicar Gatiss was setting out to lampoon my post on Wesley, although I did find the mockery of style confusing. I fear he rather missed the point of my post as much as…
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Wesley and Catholics Together
Oh yes, I almost forgot. Those quotes which I gave last week – I should mention the sources, for I am certain that no-one has guessed their origins. The first three were from Vatican II. The last three from the…
A Hymn for Communion
I’ve been preaching on Corporate Worship and last week got to the Lord’s Supper, after preaching and before the supper we sang this hymn by Alec Motyer, the Old Testament scholar. I’d never seen it before but it is outstanding…
Sidekicks and Second Best
Yes, indeed, rumors of my celebrity have been greatly exaggerated. True, I have met many MoS listeners at the Shepherds Conference but nearly all of them have commented on how great it is to have Aimee on the show as…
Calvinism in the SBC
This week the MOS podcast features an interview with Dr. Tom Acol on the subject of Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention. When I came to embrace the Doctrines of Grace as a young SBC pastor Tom Ascol and Founder’s…
Lest Levy thinks he’s the only one that gets mail…
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is serious about proclaiming Biblical doctrine in order to foster a Reformed awakening in the Church today. We go about that in very deliberate and (usually) very careful ways. We are always serious about how…
California Carl
Our friend Carl Trueman is one of the featured speakers at this year's Shepherds Conference at Grace Community Church. That is in Southern California for those of you who may not know. And what fits better in Southern California than…
ECT and Ref21 (a personal counterpoint)
On this blog, fellow contributor Jeremy Walker has offered a “rapid response” protest of the first installment, by Timothy George, of a three-part series on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Evangelicals and Catholics Together. In doing so, Walker…
Moralizing our Children?
As I think about Ephesians 6:1-3, a number of questions come to mind concerning the way I treat my children (ages: 4, 4, 7, 9). This post does not in fact aim to raise a challenge to Baptists, but rather…
A Hilarious Providence
At my last speaking engagement, I had a Pinterest-worthy basket of goodies waiting for me in my room. I could tell that the women who put it together had researched my taste a little bit. There was a cute bag…