Feed My Sheep
For the last few days I have been blessed to attend a workshop on biblical exposition held at Tenth Presbyterian. It has been a wonderful reminder of what is the central calling of the pastor. It is not to be…
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Is Inerrancy Enough?
This is the question Dr. Denny Burk asks in an article published in the latest issue of the Southwestern Journal of Theology.Dr. Burk writes: As I said, in terms of definition, my aim here is not to rehash old debates…
Is church for wimps?
I saw this posted over at Ray Ortlun’s blog: “Emasculated men are the norm. Most young men have brokenness with their fathers. Macho men are typically posers. They are hiding behind their toughness so others will not see their frailty.…
Training Pastors – The Church’s Responsibility
During my time in vocational ministry I have found much of the leadership material available for pastors to be profoundly unhelpful. However, this is not the case with Nine Marks Journal. A publication of Nine Marks Ministries, the journal is…
Sunday’s Sermon
Click HERE to listen to or download last Sunday’s sermon. It is part 3 in the series The Gospel-Driven Church and is entitled “Community: The Display of the Gospel.”
Minority Report
I find myself wondering how long the church is going to play in the fields of social theory. It seems that one has to have a degree in sociology to share the gospel effectively. I know it seems terribly out…
Islam’s Trojan Horse
In an article for World Magazine Cal Thomas comments on the continued naive attempts by American politicians to offer olive branches to radical islamists.He writes: “In an exquisite example of self-delusion, nine “alumni” of a Saudi rehabilitation program that is…
The Erosion of Inerrancy
Check out this forum with Carl Trueman and Greg Beale. Great stuff. Also, if you would like to challenge yourself with a little deep reading you may want to get Dr. Beale’s new book The Erosion of Inerrancy or J.I.…
“A Polemic Book”
“Men tell us that our preaching should be positive and not negative, that we can preach the truth without attacking error. But if we follow that advice we shall have to close our Bible and desert its teachings. The New…
Why So Serious?
“We meet it most [a general ecumenical outlook] in the form of an all-pervasive climate of opinion which dislikes anything that is really distinctive in doctrine or in life, which demands, indeed, ever less emphasis on doctrine, on definition, or…