Tim Keller and D.A. Carson have written a helpful article on the Elephant Room controversy. I would encourage you to take the time to read it. If you are not used to reading about biblical interpretation, their second point (“Biblicism…
If you are wondering what the whole controversy over the Elephant Room is about, check out this very helpful post by Mike Riccardi.
Wordsmithy, Douglas Wilson (Canon Press, 2011) This reflection comes from tip #2 in Chapter 1: Authenticity in writing will only arise from authenticity in living. One of our great problems today is that we have gotten caught up in our…
Garry Williams, the English theologian who is one of the most articulate scholarly advocates of penal substitutionary atonement,has recently published an article on the extent to which the Church Fathers can be regarded as holding to the doctrine. It is…
Garry Williams, the English theologian who is one of the most articulate scholarly advocates of penal substitutionary atonement,has recently published an article on the extent to which the Church Fathers can be regarded as holding to the doctrine. It is…
A few months before Elephant Room 2 Thabiti Anyabwile wrote an excellent article outlining his concerns over James MacDonald’s invitation to prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes. Sadly, his counsel, and that of many others was rejected. Pastor Anyabwile wrote: This kind…
From Mike McKinley: Last Spring, Thabiti shared some statistics about pastors compiled by the Schaeffer Institute. These numbers emerged from research done from 1989-2006, and my guess is that things have gotten worse, not better, since then. The one that…
Wordsmithy, Douglas Wilson (Canon Press, 2011) You know a book’s going to be good when the title alone sets off your spell check. This is a book about writing, but even if you do not particularly consider yourself a writer,…
Sam Allberry does a great job in his book ”Lifted – Experiencing the Resurrection Life”. There are 4 sections on Assurance, Transformation, Hope and Mission. Sam writes with freshness and a great turn of phrase. On Jesus authority he says,…
Tim Tebow had been scheduled to speak at an event in Ohio led by mega-church pastor Rod Parsley. Parsley, an advocate of prosperity teaching will be sharing the stage with notorious word/faith prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland. Tebow canceled his plans…
