Sunday’s Sermon
Last Sunday’s message was part 45 in our series through Hebrews. It is entitled The Unshakable Kingdom and is based on Hebrews 12:25-29. You can listen to or download it HERE.
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What can Scottish Presbyterians Sing?
In recent years, the commitment of the Free Church of Scotland to exclusive, unaccompanied psalm-singing in “formal” worship services has wavered. The issue, understandably, has divided an already fractured church. The church has taken the unusual step of calling a plenary…
The “descriptive theology” of Biologos
Over at the Biologos, Mark Sprinkle has written an open letter challenging Al Mohler’s conclusions about their organization. However, Dr. Sprinkle’s letter is frustrating in it inaccuracy about what Mohler has actually written and said. But even more significant is…
Lausanne III, women preachers and the road to nowhere!
I suspect the organisers of Lausanne would have no such problems with women bishops! The conspiracy of silence on Ruth Padilla’s exposition on Ephesians 2 at Lausanne is deafening. As far as I can see Eph 2 is not hard…
November 8: Hebrews 3
In the first six verses of this chapter, the writer to the Hebrews urges us to fix our attention on Jesus–to keep him in our eye and to hold and cling to him. One reason why we should “consider Jesus,”…
Discipling Someone?
If you are discipling a newer (or even not so new) believer then I cannot recommend highly enough Stephen Smallman’s excellent book The Walk. Smallman wrote it for the very purpose of two people to work through together. It is…
Republocrat Again
The most postmodern of sins has to be hypocrisy – “being inauthentic,” if we want to use quasi-Satre categories. We are quick to recognize it in others and, like most sins, slow – painfully slow – to recognise (HT: Carl…
The Four Holy Gospels
I love the art of Makato Fujimora. I was actually a bit surprised when I first saw his work and was immediately drawn to it. I am a lover of representational art. I also appreciate the work of the great…
Crossing the Tiber (again)
Further to my blog entry below, Martin Downes has informed me that Charles Hodge’s letter (in 1869) to Pius IX declining an invitation to attend the Vatican Council is now on-line here. To cite Hodge, “we are not heretics…”