By The Numbers…
Having grown up and served as a youth pastor in “mega-churches” I know a thing or two about counting people. I have attended more church growth seminars and read more church growth books than I care to remember. Please understand.…
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George Eliot on the First Celebrity Megapastor
Donald Weinstein’s Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet (Yale, 2011) is a fascinating study of Florentine politics in the late fifteenth century, significant, of course, as the intellectual and cultural nursery of perhaps the greatest political philosopher…
George Eliot on the First Celebrity Megapastor
Donald Weinstein’s Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet (Yale, 2011) is a fascinating study of Florentine politics in the late fifteenth century, significant, of course, as the intellectual and cultural nursery of perhaps the greatest political philosopher…
That’s Not My Name
Exhort is such a powerful word. It’s not one used frequently in casual, contemporary language. I think that maybe it is a little too commanding for our liking; and not in the shocking kind of way that we use to…
Why I’m grateful for Dr Derek Thomas
I have a two week old daughter who’s sleeping pattern is not particularly great but I can testify that at 4 O clock this morning an interview with Derek Thomas at the Reformed Forum knocked her out for four hours.…
Going Down? Dawkins, Doubters and Debauchery
Editors’ note: A summary of the incident referred to by Dr. Oliphint can be found here. Richard Dawkins, who is arguably the (non-existent) god of all things atheist, recently found himself on the wrong end of a verbal baseball bat.…
Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I preached part 10 in our current series through Philippians. It is entitled “Have This Mind” and can be listened to or downloaded HERE.
Great new website…
Thanks to Carl Trueman for pointing out a great new website by Dr. Michael Kruger. The purpose of the site is to explore the reliability of the New Testament canon and other related biblical and theological issues. Take some time…
Mike Kruger should be fired…..
…because the pun in the title of his new website is about as criminal as the one in the title of this blogpost. Seriously, Dr. Kruger has done some excellent work on the formation of both the canon and early…
Mike Kruger should be fired…..
…because the pun in the title of his new website is about as criminal as the one in the title of this blogpost. Seriously, Dr. Kruger has done some excellent work on the formation of both the canon and early…