Tour de Jones
I will certainly be responding to the Graham Harrison review which seems to confirm I am about as welcome these days in Wales as I am in Illinois. As the Emperor Gaius once declared, Let them hate me etc. etc.…
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Engaging with Lloyd Jones again
There have been two reviews of Engaging with Lloyd Jones by two of the Doctor’s good friends. The first by Peter Lewis who is the minister of Cornerstone Church, Nottingham and who preached at Lloyd Jones’ memorial service is largely…
Too much talking at the table
I’m with Carl on giving more prominence to the Lord’s Table in our churches, though one of my besetting sins, and other men administering at the table, is that of talking too much. Carl’s point regarding the tension of striking, …
Big Name; Small Town
We don’t get many celebrity pastors on the Isle of Lewis, but this past weekend Charles Price (The People’s Church Toronto and Living Truth) was in our little town for a series of Bible talks organised by a committee of…
West Virginia Porches
In light of tomorrow’s holiday, here is a repost I enjoyed writing last year about WV and the 4th of July: Last night our family celebrated the Fourth West Virginia style. Let me explain. About seven years ago my husband…
Begging the Question
I suspect that those of you who hear a fair amount of preaching have experienced this, haven’t you? Somewhere along the line the preacher has been informed that a rhetorical question is a good way to engage his congregation, hasn’t…
Begging the Question
I suspect that those of you who hear a fair amount of preaching have experienced this, haven’t you? Somewhere along the line the preacher has been informed that a rhetorical question is a good way to engage his congregation, hasn’t…
Book Review:
Killing Calvinism, Greg Dutcher (CruciformPress, 2012) “God does not need us to be his spin doctors.” Now that’s a heck of a sentence. It’s short. It’s true. And it kind of slaps you in the face. You can find it…
“The gentle kindness which bruises us”
We call those things mercies which please us, ease us, suit our wants, and fall in with our cravings. Truly they are so, but not less gracious are those benefits which cross us, pain us, and lay us low. The…
The Lord’s Day . . .
A Sabbath well spent Brings a week of content And strength for the toils of the morrow; But a Sabbath profaned Whate’er may be gained Is a certain forerunner of sorrow.