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A word to really busy famous pastors

  I don’t know how you men do it!    You pastor churches, write books, travel extensively, speak at all the conferences, blog, pursue advanced degrees, teach, etc. Oh, and you are husbands and fathers and neighbors. Honestly, I shrink…

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My “Most Important” Books

In a couple months I will be posting the obligatory “best reads of the year” list. But as a guy who loves books and reading I thought I’d post a list of the books that have figured particularly large in…

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A Spotlight Shines on Moscow

Rod Dreher, one of today's foremost cultural commentators shone what could only have been an unwelcome light on Moscow and Doug Wilson's Christ Church.   Dreher graciously allowed Wilson to repsond. But as Dreher notes, the troubling questions remain. About…

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He Breaks the Power of Cancelled Sin

I came running to the PCA. After years in broader evangelicalism, service in a confessional church and denomination was and remains a breath of fresh air. With its commitment to the Westminster Standards and passion to advance the gospel around…

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My Post on Complementarianism (Updated)

All good churches, all good movements, and all sound doctrines eventually attract a few outliers now and then. Calvinism, the pro-life movement, and even the OPC all have their loony hangers-on. This is also the case with complementarianism.    Before…

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My Post on Complementarianism (Updated)

All good churches, all good movements, and all sound doctrines eventually attract a few outliers now and then. Calvinism, the pro-life movement, and even the OPC all have their loony hangers-on. This is also the case with complementarianism.    Before…

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A Grievous Ruin

The news came yesterday that Tullian Tchividjian is now the Director of Ministry Development at Willow Creek Church in Winter Springs, Florida (not to be confused with Willow Creek Community Church of South Barrington, IL). Willow Creek Church is part…

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Pistol Packin’ Mama

While traveling with my family to attend a heterosexual wedding in Missouri I found out that Aimee and Carl kicked the hornet’s nest.    I was surprised by all the hubbub. It hardly seems controversial to suggest that the Bible…

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Pain in Pastoral Ministry

  Last year Karl Vaters wrote a thougtful article on the pain pastors experience when people leave their church. Vaters writes specifically on behalf of pastors of small churches. I have pastored a small church. In a small church a…

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Reading Up On Abortion

Westminster Bookstore is currently offering special discounts on some excellent books dealing with abortion… Defending Life by Francis Beckwith                                           …