Beneath Your Beautiful
So my daughter was playing a song in the car this week that made me think. It’s called, “Beneath Your Beautiful,” by UK artist Labrinth, featuring Emeli Sande. He is singing to a girl who seems to have it all…
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Big enough to write your own rules
It is not an easy thing to be the pastor of a mega-church. There are peculiar pressures and temptations that accompany such a role. Not least is the temptation to believe that you are big enough to write your own…
Holding your breath under water
Michael Jensen has written a terrific article concerning biblical sexual ethics and how the church has often become counterproductive in the ways it teaches about sex. Jensen writes: Or again: we speak about marriage as if it is like some…
A Plea to Pastors and Elders
I recently heard of yet another field experiment demonstrating how easily a stranger at the park can lure an unsuspecting child. Even though parents felt confident in their discussions about not talking to strangers, and especially not to follow them…
Basics
Every May I attend the Basics Conference at Parkside Church. It is an outstanding conference for pastors. The audio and video of last year’s conference has been posted online. Along with Alistair Begg, the speakers were Kevin DeYoung and Thabiti…
New website
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals has launched a new website called Place For Truth. Check it out.
Around and About
Over at The Housewife Theologian, ‘Nunchucks’ has posted a guest column by Persis Lorenti reflecting on a recent Mortification of Spin, specifically on the question of why women in abusive relationships are often reluctant to ask for help. The sad…
Around and About
Over at The Housewife Theologian, ‘Nunchucks’ has posted a guest column by Persis Lorenti reflecting on a recent Mortification of Spin, specifically on the question of why women in abusive relationships are often reluctant to ask for help. The sad…
Why Doesn’t She?
I’m pleased to have a guest post today written by Persis Lorenti. She has some helpful thoughts from the Mortification of Spin episode of the ‘not so subtle’ forms of domestic abuse. She also provides some helpful resources. My hope with…
Bully Pulpit
The latest edition of Mortification of Spin us up and running. It is one of our shorter “Bully Pulpit” editions. Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit gives hosts Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt a chance to briefly discuss timely issues. Listen…