I have just begun to read through some early manuscripts of two new books coming out in the next two months from Reformation Heritage Books that I am quite excited about. The first is Encouragement for Today’s Pastors: Help from…
The following quote is from Benjamin Wadsworth’s introduction to The Gospel Ministry by Thomas Foxcroft: The right performance of this work [of gospel ministry] is attended with many and great difficulties, partly from the various, frequent, furious assaults of Satan;…
There is a continuous call to perseverance found in the sermon-letter to the Hebrews. These exhortations are strong warning passages scattered throughout verses 2:1-4; 3:12-4:13; 5:11-6:12; 10:19-39; and 12:25-29. With an audience of believers (the first intended audience being believing…
As promised, a first snippet from Thomas Foxcroft, who advises us as to the correct and necessary balance and relationship between public and private ministerial responsibility. He gives this specific counsel: Private inspection or pastoral visitation is of necessity to…
How Visible Should Christian Unity Be? John 17, Cardinal Kurt Koch and Martyn Lloyd-Jones in Trialogue The priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus in John 17 is unanimously recognized as one of the foundational texts, if not the text par…
How Visible Should Christian Unity Be? John 17, Cardinal Kurt Koch and Martyn Lloyd-Jones in Trialogue The priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus in John 17 is unanimously recognized as one of the foundational texts, if not the text par…
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending my friend Marilyn’s 70th birthday celebration. Her son and daughter-in-law wanted to surprise Marilyn, and they invited our whole Tuesday morning women’s Bible study group. Marilyn is truly an inspiration to me.…
It seems it might be helpful to clarify my earlier reference to preachers merely setting up virtual equivalents of themselves to carry the church into the indefinite future. Nobody, as far as I know, has yet made the suggestion –…
It seems it might be helpful to clarify my earlier reference to preachers merely setting up virtual equivalents of themselves to carry the church into the indefinite future. Nobody, as far as I know, has yet made the suggestion –…
Here is a fascinating interview with Jaron Lanier, web-insider who is now doing the Winston Smith thing. I was particularly impressed by this paragraph: Lanier has another problem with the techno-utopians, though. It’s not just that they’ve crashed the economy,…
