Rachel Held-Evans made the news again for a piece she wrote for CNN’s Belief Blog. In it she argues that the church must begin listening to the concerns of Millenials if it is to survive. She asserts that the church…
From Charles Spurgeon: “One week-night, when I was sitting in the house of God, I was not thinking much about the preacher’s sermon, for I did not believe it. The thought struck me, How did you come to be a…
The Good Book Company (an excellent publisher) has released a new series of books with the enticing title Questions Christians Ask. Titles in this series include: Is God Anti-Gay? And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction by…
The latest issue of Credo Magazine is now available online. If you are not familiar with Credo I encourage you to check it out. It is an excellent resource and the entire website has a wealth of helpful articles. The…
“I was asked last week why some evangelicals convert to Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. Reasons vary, I am sure, but I commented that one theme I have noticed over the years is the fact that evangelicalism lacks historical roots. …
v. The outward elements in this sacrament, duly set apart to the uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to Him crucified, as that, truly, yet sacramentally only, they are sometimes called by the name of the things they represent,…
Funny story: My good friend Dana asked for this book, Drinking with Calvin and Luther!, for her birthday. It was not available through Amazon directly, so I had to go through the publisher. The book took forever to come, and…
From God’s Prophet, God’s Servant by John Goldingay I have heard many people whispering –There is terror on all sides.“Report him, let’s report Him!”All my friends are watching for my downfall.“Perhaps he can be persuaded and prevailed over,then we can catch…
I have been thinking lately about how difficult it must be to serve actively in a church as a layperson. It isn’t the demand on one’s time that is the hardest thing but the more challenging demand on one’s heart.…
iii. The Lord Jesus hath, in his ordinance, appointed His ministers to declare His word of institution to the people; to pray, and bless the elements of bread and wine, and thereby to set them apart from a common to…
