We finished our previous discussion by noting that there were elements of formal truth that the Skepchick attributed to Richard Dawkins. Because the Skepchick was not able to account either for her own outrage, or Dawkins’ near-apathy toward the same,…
Like many, you may be appalled at how often the Lord Jesus issues a command to those whom he has healed to keep silent about what has taken place and the command is immediately not just ignored but thoroughly trampled…
I clean up pretty good. By this I mean that I am somewhat skilled in accentuating my better traits, while cleverly distracting people from my faults. Frizzy hair? There’s a product for that. I remember an acquaintance once complementing me…
Recently the Westminster Larger Catechism’s treatment of the Ninth Commandment (particularly Q. 144) has become an issue in some conservative Presbyterian presbyteries. For example, last fall my own ARP presbytery voted to establish an ad hoc committee “to draft a…
From a letter to his father in 1855 responding to public criticism of his ministry: DEAR FATHER,—DO not be grieved at the slanderous libel in this week’s Express. Of course, it is all a lie, without an atom of foundation;…
When you get a chance, listen to this excellent address on the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon delivered by John Piper in 1995. If you are a pastor you absolutely must listen and read the manuscript. If you are…
Ligon Duncan: “The Gospel Preaching of the Cross” Ligon Duncan is one of my favorite preachers and it is not just because of his amazing voice. Dr. Duncan has a peculiar gift of combining exegetical precision, doctrinal depth, and pastoral…
Sinclair Ferguson… Romans 1:16-17: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of…
Harry Reeder, the pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama was the speaker for the morning session. I was immediately struck by his deep southern accent. Quite a contrast to Dr. Ferguson’s Scottish brogue. Romans 3:9-26: What then?…
The Guardian is a national newspaper and in Friday’s edition you have this article ‘Was Jesus Gay?’ It is an awful piece and you wonder whether they would have had the guts to publish something similar on Mohammed. What strikes…
