Your Naked Truth
I read an article the other day that is still bothering me. I think that it captures a lie that many men and women believe about beauty and love. A 59-year-old wrote it, but this is the same problem I…
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Andrew Fuller savings
If you have never had the opportunity to indulge yourself in the works of Andrew Fuller (3 volumes, Sprinkle edition), luxuriating in the penetrating thought and terse prose of the greatly gifted Baptist theologian, then this may be your opportunity.…
The worship of men: an old problem
Some of us are fond of bemoaning evangelical celebrity culture as largely the product of a church too much tinged with the spirit of the age. A few weeks ago, Michael Haykin was kind enough to let me see a…
It’s a good idea to be Reformed
Over at First Things, our friend Carl has written an excellent apologetic for the Reformed faith. Specifically, Trueman asserts that the Reformed faith is uniquely suited (over general evangelicalism and Roman Catholicism) for exiles, or what the apostle Peter called…
4 Reasons Why Marriages Suffer
There are many reasons why marriages suffer. Here are four. 1. You have fallen in love with someone else. Adultery, pornography, and all manner of lusts provide a third party to an otherwise two-party marriage. Intimacy decreases, the closeness that…
Amazing Grace
Eric Metaxas. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. 320 pp. Paperback. $10.99 In a time when genuine heroes are scarce, a book on William Wilberforce is always welcome. Eric Metaxas wrote…
Amazing Grace
Eric Metaxas. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. 320 pp. Paperback. $10.99 In a time when genuine heroes are scarce, a book on William Wilberforce is always welcome. Eric Metaxas wrote…
Can Campus Ministries Remain Christian?
The latest Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit is up and running: Broadcasting from deep within the bowels of a college’s frathouse, the wandering band of misfits address campus ministry. Bouncing off of an article published on First Things by Robert…
Battered Pastors (5)
Over at Ref21 I have posted my final piece in the series on battered pastors.
Actions Do Have Consequences
Little did we know that, when we elected Aimee Byrd as as ‘One of the Guys,’ it would have such a damaging effect on the wider culture. Now, it seems that Marvel Comics has decided to follow our lead and…