Category 1517

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The “E” Word

Kevin DeYoung has an excellent post on the importance of moral language in the face of such events as Saturday’s mass murder in Tuscon. I have no doubt Loughner is messed up, crazy, off his rocker, and out to lunch.…

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“The Thermopylae of Christendom”

“The pulpit is the Thermopylae of Christendom: there the fight will be lost or won. “To us ministers the maintenance of our power in the pulpit should be our great concern, we must occupy that spiritual watch-tower with our hearts…

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“A Murky Landscape”

Ross Douthat offers wise commentary on the mysterious motives of the Tuscon shooter. Along the way he gives a timely rebuke to those who seek to assign blame for political advantage. But chances are that Loughner’s motives will prove as…

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Sunday’s Sermon

This week’s message was entitled “Our International Anthem” and was taken from Psalm 96. You can listen to or download it HERE.

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David Wells in Tabletalk

David Wells, author of the indispensable No Place for Truth was interviewed for the most recent edition of Tabletalk Magazine. It is worth reading. The first question posed to Dr. Wells was, “Besides the Bible, what has been the most…

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Disgrace

So much for abortion being “safe, legal, and rare.” My question for the pro-choicers, like the misinformed Planned Parenthood spokesperson featured on the news report, is why not be happy about this news? Isn’t this simply a sign of women…

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On Being a Target of Criticism

Carl Trueman has an excellent piece over at Ref21 about being the frequent target of email criticisms. For me, the season also brought the usual Christmas accusation by email from somebody with time on their hands that I am a…

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Remembering the saving acts of God

“Worship is a memorial or remembrace of the saving acts of God on which the covenant relationship is based” – Hughes Oliphant Old, The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures, Vol. II, p. 232.