Given the furore surrounding the issue of sanctification, I want to take the debate out of the lecture theatre and the partisan point scoring by asking a pointedly practical question: How do you pastor people engaged in serious repeated sin? …
Over at Ref21 I have posted on the ugly reality of child sexual abuse within the church. It is a wickedness of massive proportions when children are sexually abused. However, when a child is used for the sexual gratification of…
David F. Wells, God in the Whirlwind: How the Holy-love of God Reorients Our World. Wheaton: Crossway, 2014. 266 pp. $19.99 Over the last twenty years, David Wells has established himself as the insider chronicler-in-chief of how the self-centered trivialization…
On Sunday I preached part 13 in our current series in Acts. It is entitled “We Must Obey God” and is taken from Acts 5:12-32. You can listen to it HERE.
Looking for an outstanding introduction on how to defend your faith? Regular ref21 contributor Dr. Scott Oliphint’s introductory apologetics lectures are now available on iTunes U. Also, be sure to stop by ref21 frequently, as Dr. Oliphint continues his series…
Stephen Nichols has written a book that causes great reflection. Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life really succeeds at living up to its title. Naturally, there are certain expectations that one has when reading about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. His life really was…
It is a wickedness of massive proportions when children are sexually abused. However, when a child is used for the sexual gratification of a spiritual leader within the church the evil passes into the realm of the indescribable. Sadly this…
My offer to publicly debate PCA Pastor, Tullian Tchividjian, still stands. If a recent “tweet” by Tchividjian is anything to go by (“Some critics are best answered with silence. Fruit quietly and confidently testifies of its root.”), I doubt very…
My offer to publicly debate PCA Pastor, Tullian Tchividjian, still stands. If a recent “tweet” by Tchividjian is anything to go by (“Some critics are best answered with silence. Fruit quietly and confidently testifies of its root.”), I doubt very…
…sitting in a mid-rear pew next to my pastor’s son and friend, Greg, eager to hear what Phil Johnson had to say about The Glory of God. After enjoying the morning messages and a good lunch break, I was ready…
