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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
(Note: while there is an almost endless variety of material available from Logos Bible Software, this compound review is based around Logos Bible Software 5, the Bronze base package, and the Gold Reformed package.) From time to time, Logos gets…
As part of my series on practical Christology, I have asked: “How may I know Christ loves me?” and “Why is Heaven eternal?“ The answers to these questions do not belong only to theologians and pastors, but especially also to God’s people.…
