A Sacramental Scoop
I have just been tipped off that Jon Payne and the chaps at Tolle Lege Press are reaching the final stages of a very secret publishing venture: a near 1,000 page tome by Hughes Oliphant Old on the Lord’s Supper…
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A Sacramental Scoop
I have just been tipped off that Jon Payne and the chaps at Tolle Lege Press are reaching the final stages of a very secret publishing venture: a near 1,000 page tome by Hughes Oliphant Old on the Lord’s Supper…
Validation
Most days, we are going through the motions, trying to succeed in our everyday tasks. And yet, even though we accept and participate in the ordinary, we don’t want to settle for mediocrity. We want our duties and service to…
Bully Pulpit
A new feature at Mortification Of Spin is a shorter, high impact broadcast called “Bully Pulpit.” It’s our way of responding to calls for weekly rather than bi-weekly editions. Our goal is to hit one topic rather quickly but thoughtfully…
The High Stakes of Ordination
On Saturday (Sept 21, 2013) I took vows to be a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). I was, at that time received into the Blue Ridge Presbytery and formally accepted the call to be Lead Pastor…
Covenantal Apologetics
K. Scott Oliphint, Covenantal Apologetics: Principles and Practice in Defense of Our Faith. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013, 277pp. $19.99 In his latest work, Covenantal Apologetics, K. Scott Oliphint seeks to recast Cornelius Van Til’s presuppositional apologetics as “covenantal apologetics” –…
Thoughts on street preaching
In recent weeks there has been a spate of arrests of Christian brothers in the UK involved in street preaching and other open-air witness. As someone who preaches in this way fairly regularly, this is obviously a matter of interest…
“No Post Code Envy”
When I was in the tenth grade, my big aspiration was to be a Laker Girl like Paula Abdul. I know, another embarrassing trivia about myself that chips away at my ability to keep readers. What can I say? I…
New & Noteworthy Book
Reformation Heritage Books sent me this promotional video yesterday for the release of Why Christ Came: 31 Meditations on the Incarnation by Beeke and Boekestein. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OkP8psAlkTk I posted information about this book back in July of this year.…
Short Video on Preaching
Banner of Truth has launched a new series of video shorts by their authors. You can see the first, featuring Westminster alumnus and PCA pastor, Paul Wolfe, here. It is brief but contains a remarkable amount of wise thinking…