I had the pleasure yesterday of administering ordination vows to two new elders at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (see the photo), an experience enhanced by the knowledge that I am now no longer the youngest member of the session there. Working…
I am part of a confessional church and denomination. That means we adhere to a confession of faith. In our case it is the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF). In my opinion the WCF is the most comprehensive and useful…
These days there is little else playing in my car than Ref Net, the online radio of Ligonier Ministries. It is an outstanding mix of preaching, music, conference messages, audio books, news, and Scripture reading. Among the preachers and teachers…
I detest Saturday conferences. I mean it; there are few things worse than slogging your guts out all week and getting to Friday and the horrible realisation dawns on you that you booked into that conference 4 months ago. You know…
The latest edition of Mortification of Spin is up and running. What role does preaching play in today’s church? The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Master joins Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt to talk about the importance and gravity of preaching. Through…
There’s one thing that really bothers me about the blogosphere. It is obsessed with the new. We want the latest news, the most innovative commentary, and the most recent reactions to whatever the next new controversy is. We can even…
I hope that I will be able at some point to provide a review of Tom Nettles’ excellent volume, Living for Revealed Truth: The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (pastors and preachers, you need this book, and…
In a recent edition of Christian Renewal (date: December 11, 2013), Ruth Vandyken, in her article, “Preaching Outside the Box and onto the Public Soapbox,” interviewed Dr. Joseph Pipa–faculty at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary–and Dr. Cornel Venema–of Mid-America Reformed Seminary–requesting…
On this week’s MoS, Todd and I are joined in the Underground Bunker by Dr. Jonathan Master of Cairn University, with whom we then discuss the fascinating, flawed, frustrating, yet inspiring book by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers. …
