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…
For this boy from Houston, Texas, raised in a contemporary Southern Baptist mega-church, it is a moving experience to enter the beautiful old sanctuary of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia to the sound of trumpet, horn, and organ reverberating through…
I have been asked by the Alliance Of Confessing Evangelicals to live blog the Philadelphia Conference On Reformed Theology. The conference begins this evening with a message from Sinclair Ferguson. More to come…
Moments after finishing my piece on the importance of presence for Ref21, a reader emailed me a link to a quite bizarre story: Olympic organisers in London had apparently been hoping to have Keith Moon play at this year’s opening…
Moments after finishing my piece on the importance of presence for Ref21, a reader emailed me a link to a quite bizarre story: Olympic organisers in London had apparently been hoping to have Keith Moon play at this year’s opening…
