The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals has received a number of requests for comment upon the Manhattan Declaration, a recent public statement on the sanctity of life, marriage and sexuality, and religious liberty, signed by a number of leaders from the…
From Shailagh Murray at The Washington Post: The Senate narrowly rejected an amendment that would have restricted abortion coverage in the pending health-care bill, leaving in question whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has the 60 votes needed to move…
A new book by Richard Phillips, one of my favorite preachers and writing pastors, is due to be released next month. The Masculine Mandate looks as if it will address an area of great need within the body of Christ.…
Calvin continues his critique of Catholicism by applying a biblical definition of “sacrament” to the Roman rite of penance. He begins with a clear and careful distinction between public repentance, as it was practiced in the early church, and the…
Confirmation, a sacrament in Roman Catholic theology, was an offence to Calvin because it sapped the meaning of baptism. In scholastic terms, baptism only washed away original sin and those sins committed before baptism. Confirmation was viewed as a sacrament…
The good folks at Westminster Bookstore were kind enough to send me a copy of The Trellis and the Vine. I’ve only read the first chapter but I am hooked. Some pastors I highly esteem are calling it the best…
Here’s one more book for Christmas . . . Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines, A Novel, published by David C. Cook First, for those who would not countenance contemporary fiction . . . Look at the cover. [You’ll have to…
I have had the good experience of hanging out with Steve Nichols over lunch. He is one of my favorite people to read. Dr. Nichols is a church historian who knows how to write church history. There is not a…
Sundays’ sermon was part 25 in our series through Hebrews. You can listen to or download “The Sufficiency of Christ” (Heb 9:23-28) HERE.
The latest issue of New York has a generally positive article on Redeemer Presbyterian Church’s Tim Keller and his ministry to New York City. The article includes this gem of a quotation from Dr. Keller, which echoes the whole stream…
