It’s Wacky Wednesday again, which means Carl, Todd, and I have another Mortification of Spin Bully Pulpit edition for you. This week, we play the coffee snobs while discussing the role social media has played on our sense of privacy.…
A loyal Ref21 reader recently made me aware of this shameless example of self-promotion:
Derek Thomas proposed a question at the PCRT conference a couple weeks ago in his talk titled “The Holy Christian Life.” It has been ringing through my ears as I’ve been reading about and discussing this sanctification debate in Reformed…
As a church planter, numbers can often be a consuming topic. Without numbers, or “butts in the seats” as some say, you cannot launch a church plant. Therefore it is a constant prayer of mine, as well as those in…
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? …
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…
