A Million Miles in a Thousand YearsBy Donald Miller288 p.Thomas Nelson (September 2009) Donald Miller has a fascinating ability to engage readers as he reflects on the journey of his life. I first noticed this in Blue Like Jazz, later…
It is a dangerous and impious zeal that seeks to “unchurch” a brother or sister because they do not meet our standards of perfection. Discipline in the church, Calvin argues, must be done with a measure of grace and understanding;…
Common as it is today to cast the burden of examination prior to participation at the Lord’s Supper upon the participant, Calvin saw it otherwise: knowingly and willingly to admit “an unworthy person whom he could rightfully turn away, is…
It is a fact often cited (too often?) that Calvin did not regard church discipline as a mark of the church, insisting instead on two marks: faithful preaching and the right administration of the sacraments. This is often said to…
I have a deep appreciation for the Puritans. They have been misunderstood and maligned. In recent decades however the Puritans have experienced a resurgence. They were not nearly the killjoys that they have often been portrayed to be. Certainly they…
Probably not. But I ran across two great posts today from two friends–one by D. G. Hart, on the secular left’s confused accounting of the “Religious Right”, and the other by Tim Keller, on why the nitty-gritty of pastoral leadership…
From Samuel Rutherford (in The Loveliness of Christ [Banner of Truth, 2007], 4-5): I find it most true, that the greatest temptation out of hell, is to live without temptations; if my waters should stand, they would rot. Faith is…
Check out Dr. Julius Kim’s chapel message delivered at Westminster Seminary.
From Martin Downes: What happens when controversy rears its head and cracks in our unity appear? Theological controversies invariably reveal that there are significant differences that people hold to on matters of doctrine, whilst the quarrelling parties both claim to…
From Al Mohler: Literary critic Lionel Trilling once referred to “the dark and bloody crossroads where literature and politics meet.” In reality, almost all literature is political in some sense. Oddly enough, the most explicitly subversive literature is often presented…
