The latest Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit is now available, dealing with the apparent inability of the evangelical Christian world to understand how public criticism of public teaching works. If you are uncomfortable with the idea that one can criticize…
Spoiler alert: This review details key scenes in the movie and its ending. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. (Ps. 147:4) Movies like Gravity gave birth to terms like groundbreaking. After…
Last Sunday we had a session over lunch for those involved in welcoming at our congregation. Penny Chew (it is her real name) who has the gift of greeting (!) gave our folk a number of top tips and others weighed…
So far we have considered love, tenacity and boldness as some particular features of the effective personal evangelist. The fourth mark of the effective personal evangelist is consistency. If tenacity is an unwillingness to let go in the face of…
I had great fun last week attending the Reformation Worship Conference at Midway Presbyterian Church near Atlanta. There was one terrifying moment when Irfon Hughes approached me and spoke in his native language. Not having heard the Dark Tongue of…
I had great fun last week attending the Reformation Worship Conference at Midway Presbyterian Church near Atlanta. There was one terrifying moment when Irfon Hughes approached me and spoke in his native language. Not having heard the Dark Tongue of…
The church needs a bit more satire. I know evangelicals are a pretty thin-skinned bunch and things like satire and irony are often lost on them. But these helpful polemical devices are found in God’s inspired Word so I believe…
In my last article, I hinted at one way that a Christian could respond to the “problem of evil.” The problem, we will remember, is a distinctly Christian problem. As it is often charged, the problem has to do with…
In my last article, I hinted at one way that a Christian could respond to the “problem of evil.” The problem, we will remember, is a distinctly Christian problem. As it is often charged, the problem has to do with…
I love moving through a book that makes me stop and think. K. Scott Oliphint’s Covenantal Apologetics has been that way for me. I’ve had some other projects going on, so I have been returning to this book in between.…
