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Leon Morris – An Appreciation

The good folks at Matthias Media have posted a nice little article on Leon Morris on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Quite simply, Dr. Morris was one of the most important New Testament scholars of the…

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Leon Morris – An Appreciation

The good folks at Matthias Media have posted a nice little article on Leon Morris on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Quite simply, Dr. Morris was one of the most important New Testament scholars of the…

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Piper at Westminster

On March 12 John Piper was the guest lecturer for the 7th annual Gaffin Lectures at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. The title of Dr. Piper’s lecture is “The New Calvinism and the New Community: The Doctrines of Grace and the…

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Piper at Westminster

On March 12 John Piper was the guest lecturer for the 7th annual Gaffin Lectures at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. The title of Dr. Piper’s lecture is “The New Calvinism and the New Community: The Doctrines of Grace and the…

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Navigating the Christian Bookstore

The latest episode of Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit is up and running. The Spin team hit up their local Christian bookstore to browse the shelves and peruse the contents of some popular books. Based on the message of these…

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Mega-Pastors and Mega-Money

The air out there in the evangelical atmosphere continues to get more noxious. In recent days it has been revealed that Mars Hill Church in Seattle spent over $210,000 to market the pastor’s book Real Marriage. If you are wondering if…

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Don’t settle for silly books

Given the topic of the latest Mortification of Spin I thought I’d pass along a few recommendations. For some reason many of the junk books that populate the Christian market are targeted to women. So I’m calling for a holy…

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Meanwhile, over at Ref21…

You ought to check out Carl’s latest. I remember when he first began ringing the alarm about the rise of celebrity culture within the neo-reformed movement. He was largely dismissed or ignored completely. Well, the chickens, as they say, have…

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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I preached part 5 in our series through Acts. It is entitled “They Were Cut to the Heart” and may be listened to HERE.

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Battered Pastors (2)

The call to be a pastor is one of unparalleled privilege. It is a joy, though a sobering one, to preach God’s Word for the benefit of God’s people. For battered pastors, however, (and they are numerous) the glad labor…