Check out the newest addition to the online presence of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. It is called Place For Truth and is well worth checking in on regularly. As you may already know the Alliance sponsors Mortification of Spin and…
Gloria Furman has written a terrific piece over at the Gospel Coalition on the importance of attending the church’s corporate worship. This is a timely correction to the hyper-individualism characterizing much of evangelicalism and the “I like Jesus but not…
I have a few things to report from around the patch today. First, it is that time of year again. Yes, the Banner of Truth Trust once again honours theseasonal convictions of one of its early supporters, Professor John Murray,…
I have a few things to report from around the patch today. First, it is that time of year again. Yes, the Banner of Truth Trust once again honours theseasonal convictions of one of its early supporters, Professor John Murray,…
Gloria Furman has written a wonderful piece over at the Gospel Coalition on the importance of attending public worship. If you are a pastor, Gloria’s words would serve as a great encouragement to your congregation as to why we must…
I keep hoping that the fascination with Sarah Young’s bestseller Jesus Calling will fade away. If you are not familiar with Jesus Calling, it is a book of 365 daily devotions that the author claims are messages from Jesus spoken…
It has become clear that the university is no longer a place to think much less dissent from the wisdom of our cultural and academic betters. Do so and you may find yourself investigated by the BIRT (that’s the Bias…
Recently Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia hosted their annual preaching conference. The guest speaker was Harry Reeder of Briarwood Presbyterian Church. The following are two of the addresses delivered; one from Dr. Reeder and the other from Carl Trueman. The…
Stephen J. Nichols, Getting the Blues (Brazos Press, 2008) “My daddy was a guitar pickin’ man.” This is the first line of a country song that my mom wrote about her father, my granddad. The stories that he’s told me…
Earlier today in a post over at First Thoughts I offered some reflections on the way in which identity has been psychologized. Then, as if on cue, my attention was brought to this piece of Mumpitz which is apparently…
