The Two Fears, Chris Poblete (CruciformPress, 2012) In this book, Chris Poblete sets out to recover the proper fear of God, pushing back against the “God is my homeboy” crassness of our day and the mild, pushover God that understands…
Excellent post from Brian Croft over at Practical Shepherding: What are 5 areas in which a pastor should be growing each year? Pastors are instructed to be examples to the flock (1 Peter 5:3). The pastor can feel a bit…
WTSBooks is running a special on some excellent new resources from 9Marks. Anyone interested in the health of the church, elders, pastors, and ministry leaders particularly would benefit from these resources. First, there are the 9Marks “Building Healthy Churches” booklets.…
On Sunday I preached part 14 in our current series through Philippians. You can listen to or download it HERE.
Steven J. Lawson, The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon (Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2012). 127 pages. Introduction Some years ago, Dr. Al Mohler observed that, “We read biographies because worthy portraits of our fellow human beings help us to make…
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,…
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…
