J. Gresham Machen the founder of Westminster Seminary did not believe the state should run the church nor did he believe that the church should run the state. Machen, one of the greatest biblical scholars of the 20th century gave…
Interestingly, some of the best theology in music that is Christian is coming from rap. Here is Shai Linne from Philadelphia (that’s right!). Men like Shai Linne and Lecrae are doing some very good work. https://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8752241&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Shai Linne with “Spread…
The left wing actor Danny Glover has concluded that the earthquake in Haiti is the result of the failed climate summit in Copenhagen. “When we see what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen, this is the response, this…
I was grateful to have Paul Tripp preach for me in the morning services last Sunday. I did however preach that evening at The Vine. The title of the message is “The Communion of Saints” and can be listened to…
“The whole incarnation, with all that pertains to it, is one great sacrament of redemption” (Geerhardus Vos, Biblical Theology, p88). Discuss.
As many of you already know Pat Robertson opened his mouth and more silliness fell out. Thankfully, Al Mohler has written a thoughtful and sober article on how to think biblically and mercifully about the earthquake in Haiti. God’s rule…
Contemporary evangelicals don’t do death well. After all, it’s negative. And that seems to be the one great sin for contemporary Christians. And so evangelicalism has a host of euphamisms for such negative words as “sin,” “wrath,” and, the worst…
As I have written many times before, abortion is not just one issue among many other equally important issues. It is a foundational ethical issue. To be “pro-choice” concerning abortion is to betray a fundamental flaw in one’s moral reasoning.…
It seems that Erwin Raphael McManus has added director of commercials to his uber-cool persona. McManus is the pastor (although he doesn’t seem to like that title) of Mosaic, an uber-cool church in Los Angeles. McManus has produced and Mosaic…
Carl Trueman’s article in the latest Nine Marks Journal is well worth the read. We live in strange times. Hardly a year goes by without some conference on the future of the evangelical church somewhere having at least one speaker,…
