The cross brings an end to “the glory story”
“The cross is itself in the first instance the attack of God on the old sinner and the sinner’s theology. The cross is the doing of God to us. But that same cross itself, and only the cross, at the…
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The Shrinking Influence of Evangelicals…
David French has written an article for National Review Online which examines the diminishing influence of evangelicals upon the wider culture. He sums up his thesis with three reasons behind this decline: 1. We are more focused on meeting the…
Growing The Church God’s Way
“The most potent expression of fearing man is pragmatism. It occurs when the lust for church growth trumps the fear of God. It is the willingness to let ‘whatever works’ determine our agenda. The bad news is usually the first…
On Cars, Vows and the Slow Death of the Church
A friend just brought the following article to my attention. It is worth reading and a reminder that the cultural influence of evangelicals is waning even as the noise within evangelicalism about ‘engaging the culture’ (whatever the verb and the…
On Cars, Vows and the Slow Death of the Church
A friend just brought the following article to my attention. It is worth reading and a reminder that the cultural influence of evangelicals is waning even as the noise within evangelicalism about ‘engaging the culture’ (whatever the verb and the…
The Quest for Comfort
Last year we went through the Heidelberg Catechism each Sunday as our confession of faith. People loved it and lots bought Kevin Deyoung’s book ‘The good news we almost forgot’. I recently got sent ‘The Quest for Comfort – the…
Evidence of malevolence
If you wanted evidence of the cruel intelligence and brutal vindictiveness of the Adversary, ask a preacher about the coincidence of his preparations and temptations. You will begin to understand why it was that Luther flung an inkpot at the…
Around and About
For this week’s Around and About, I have just two items. The first is an article in this week’s Spectator by Hitchens Minor on the strategic problem posed by gay marriage to moral conservatives in the public square. His…
Around and About
For this week’s Around and About, I have just two items. The first is an article in this week’s Spectator by Hitchens Minor on the strategic problem posed by gay marriage to moral conservatives in the public square. His…
Book Recommendation
Giving Up Gimmicks, Brian H. Cosby (P&R, 2012) Reclaiming Youth Ministry from an Entertainment Culture—now there’s a subtitle that catches my attention. In this book, Cosby makes the valid point that our youth are much deeper than we think. They…