Clergy Killers
Back in April of 2012 an article entitled “Silent Clergy Killers” ran in the Huffington Post. I would encourage you to take time to read it. “Clergy Killers” is also the title of a book by G. Lloyd Rediger. That book…
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Confession and Concern
On Monday evening prior to the official start of the 42nd General Assembly of the PCA a gathering took place called “An Evening of Confessional Concern and Prayer.” The purpose to the open event was to address four rather controversial issues…
Mortifying Plagiarism
The latest Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit is up and running. The ragtag group of vagabonds takes on the issue of pastoral plagiarism, and as usual pulls no punches. After scoffing at the “manly” Father’s Day items Aimee is considering…
Thoughts on visiting
Some time ago I read a letter from a pastor who had spent time in hospital. He was surprised at how ill-equipped the saints who came to visit him seemed to be in ministering to his soul as he lay…
Thou Shalt Not Steal
When I sit under the preached Word, I have some presuppositions. I trust that my pastor has done the work of preparing the sermon, and that unless he says otherwise, he did not merely cut and paste another preacher’s work.…
After Strummer… what?
Plagiarism is wrong, relatively common, and, perhaps inevitably, increasingly acceptable amongst brand name ministers and their benighted followers. Thus, in this week’s MoS the team tackle the issue head on. First, however, we need to discuss the all important matter…
After Strummer… what?
Plagiarism is wrong, relatively common, and, perhaps inevitably, increasingly acceptable amongst brand name ministers and their benighted followers. Thus, in this week’s MoS the team tackle the issue head on. First, however, we need to discuss the all important matter…
Politics and the Order of Love
Eric S. Gregory. Politics and the Order of Love: An Augustinian Ethic of Democratic Citizenship. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 417 pp. $28.99 This is not a book to be undertaken lightly by the unsuspecting reader, lured in by…
FIFA World Cup
Thankfully God deals with our idols, because left to ourselves we certainly would not. Four years ago I had a paid flight to South Africa, tickets to many games, and passes into some of the various television studios (Al Jazeera,…
Baptism: What’s On My Bookshelves
When I first arrived at seminary, I was appalled that anyone claiming to be Protestant would baptize infants. In my limited understanding, only Roman Catholics conducted themselves in such an unbiblical manner. In my mind, infant baptism may have been…