Category 1517

The break between J.I. Packer and Martin Lloyd Jones was a sad event. They are both heros to me. They were certainly wonderful gifts from God to His church. I have spoken to Carl about the schism. As a historian…

My wife and I are fortunate enough to be in Bedford, PA attending Westminster Weekend. A few of Westminster’s faculty will be speaking on the full trustworthiness of Scripture. I’m very thankful to be here. It’s being held at the…

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…

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…

The pulpit at Christ Church in Philadelphia. If you’ve never taken the tour it is well worth checking out. When construction was completed it was the tallest building in the U.S. for 57 years.

Read about Martin Luther. He was a fascinating man. A good novelist could not have dreamed up a more interesting character. Here are few books on Martin Luther well worth reading: The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed…

On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of the castle church at Wittenberg. Reflecting on Martin Luther’s “theology of the cross” Carl Trueman writes: The “theologians of glory,”…are those who build their theology in…

Phil Johnson has posted an excellent article on the Christian’s relationship with money. Considering what I have preached about the last two Sunday’s I thought the post was very timely. Worry is the natural and inevitable by-product of setting one’s…