A few months ago Carl, Aimee, and I had the priviledge of having a public conversation with Kent Hughes about preaching and ministry. I was moved not only by Dr. Hughes' graciousness but grateful for the wisdom that the Lord…
Did Christ descend into hell? With this question, as with so many others, much depends upon what one means by the words–in this case, much depends on the meaning of all three words, “descended,” “into,” and “hell.” The question is…
Would you allow me to draw your attention to a book? It is my father’s work, and concerns a man that you may not know, a seventeenth century Baptist called Benjamin Keach. Keach was one of the movers and shakers…
In my former forays into the dangerous territory of saying anything negative about the great and famous John Wesley, I foolishly mentioned his unusually positive views of the arch-heretic Pelagius (“Who was Pelagius? By all I can pick up from…
Politico published an interesting article on Oral Roberts over the weekend. Unlike the typical hit-piece one might expect on such a figure, the portrait of Roberts here is more nuanced. Perhaps the key paragraph is this: At the dawn of…
In my experience, 8 out of 10 seminary students and graduates prefer Koine Greek to biblical Hebrew. Why? Perhaps reading from right to left is a bit disorienting? Maybe some of the Hebrew letters resemble each other too closely? Perchance…
I finally got out to view the movie “Interstellar,” which my sons and I had been wanting to see all season. We are all fans of Christopher Nolan, particularly because of the way he uses his art to make important…
How many of our modern hymns speak of Christ’s wrath and judgment? If I’m not mistaken, “Agnus Dei” (Michael W. Smith) derives its language from Revelation 19. How many consider the wrath of the Lamb, described in that chapter, when…
There is a breed of minister who is loved by everyone and I fear that the problem is at epidemic proportions. So in the last few months I’ve heard a few ministers being described as ‘A brilliant preacher! No one…
Something came up at the end of the sermon this weekend when the pastor was speaking on the last verse in his text, Matthew 2:13-23: “And they went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken…
