I’m back from holiday and see from the internet world:- Presbyterian Profundity! What a great new feature! We don’t hear enough from Presbyterians about Presbyterianism. We’ve been too quiet about our belief that we have the right form of church government. …
Thoughts and Their Fruit, Spurgeon’s Sermons, Vol. 9 (Baker, reprint 1999) This sermon is on Jeremiah 6:19, “The fruit of their thoughts.” Spurgeon has a way of taking the smallest piece of Scripture and driving the nail in good. Here…
The following are excellent resources on the meaning of membership and discipline within the church. Sermons by Jonathan Leeman: Church Membership and Love Church Discipline and Love Jonathan’s outstanding book The Surprising Offense of God’s Love. Video – A Biblical…
Phillip Carey, professor of philosophy and director of the philosophy program at Eastern University, has written a book that has peaked my interest. This is not a recommendation yet because I have just started reading it. But so far I…
In 2009 Tullian Tchividjian was called to be the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. It made headlines not only because Tullian is the grandson of Billy Graham but because Coral Ridge had been led by only one pastor…
After a brief hiatus, we have resumed the Vatican Files series. The latest entry by our brother concerns purgatory. It is a helpful overview of this doctrine and what it means for Christianity. Enjoy!
One of the prerogatives of the teaching office of the Pope is to hold the cathedra Petri (Peter’s chair). St. Peter’s basilica hosts the relics of a chair that tradition traces back to the apostle Peter (though, like most relics,…
One of the prerogatives of the teaching office of the Pope is to hold the cathedra Petri (Peter’s chair). St. Peter’s basilica hosts the relics of a chair that tradition traces back to the apostle Peter (though, like most relics,…
We just love to talk about grace. We sing about it, marvel as receivers of it, say it before meals…we think we have a good, healthy handle on what grace means. But I don’t really think we do most of…
Watching clips from the Steve Jobs memorial at the Apple HQ, I was struck once again by how we have imputed messianic significance to him. For sure, he made my long distance running around the suburbs of Philadelphia less tedious…
