Rediscovering Holiness
I am so thankful this book has been reissued! I have the old edition and was not sure if there would be a reprinting. After all, holiness is not what most Christians are reading about these days. The banalities of…
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Blog 241: 4.20.8 – 4.20.11
Calvin here shows two things – his concern about the dangers of tyrannical government, and also his apparently relaxed attitude regarding forms of political government. You may say that he derives the possible forms from the ancient world, but in fact…
I am not humble; really…
Readers of this blog know that one of my favorite writers is Carl Trueman. He always makes me laugh and then he makes me think. His latest article posted at Ref21 caused me to look at myself in the proverbial…
Fools Rush In Where Monkeys Fear To Tread
Some weeks ago a friend forwarded me a link to the blog of an American Christian academic. Now, at the risk of protesting too much, I must stress that I don’t read blogs – I really don’t read blogs –…
Worth Noticing…
Choking Hazard!Martin Downes discovers a relic of the wild and wacky world of American evangelicalism. An Insidious AgendaDenny Burk on radical environmentalism and the elimination of humanity Reassessing a Wicked LawThe Washington Post on the consequences of China’s one child…
New from Spurgeon…
Just when you thought that everything written and preached by C.H. Spurgeon had been published, along comes this volume from Day One PUblications, publishing 45 sermons for the first time in a gathered volume. C.H. Spurgeon’s Sermons Beyond Volume 63 is…
“Some people are concerned”
In the last 20 years I have heard that statement more times than I can remember. Here are some observations to which anyone in pastoral ministry can relate.
Far as the curse is found – The Fall
It was common among the ancient Greeks to picture time as moving in a circular fashion. You will still find that same idea in our own day. We speak of “the life cycle” and history repeating itself. Belief in Karma…
Labor of Love
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Syncretism and American Christians
USA Today reports on a study by the Pew Forum on the religious beliefs and practices of American evangelicals, mainline protestants, and Catholics. I can honestly say that I was not at all surprised by the survey’s findings. Elements of…