The news broke this week that City Church San Francisco has reversed its prohibition against practicing homosexuals being admitted into church membership (see here). Previously, only celibate homosexuals were accepted as biblically faithful Christians. Senior Pastor Fred Harrell explained the…
Follow the links to read the introduction and part one of this series. “In forming a catalogue of Scripture,” Calvin writes, “they [the Roman Catholic Council of Trent] mark all the books with the same chalk, and insist on placing…
This is the second in a series exploring the theology of Two Kingdoms across a variety of topics. The first article can be found here – Editor Evangelicals, always a couple decades behind the latest mainline bandwagon, have in recent years…
Last week Paul Levy drew our attention to this video where Phillip Jensen worries that Calvinists “preach the system” rather than “preaching the Bible.” Mike Ovey has responded, quite well I think, to Jensen’s worry here. (HT: Jonty Rhodes.)
The ECT articles that were originally planned for Ref21 have been published on First Things. I would encourage you to read them all but particularly Carl’s last article in the series. Let me quote from Trueman speaking of what has happened…
Marc Baer, Mere Believers: How Eight Faithful Lives Changed the Course of History. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013. 190 pages. $22.00 Although I double-majored in English and history as an undergraduate, when I moved on to graduate school, I narrowed…
We only need to read the headlines in the morning paper or turn on the evening news to have confirmed what we already know to be true, suffering is an ever-present companion in this world. As a result of the…
We only need to read the headlines in the morning paper or turn on the evening news to have confirmed what we already know to be true, suffering is an ever-present companion in this world. As a result of the…
I’ve never been applauded after speaking which is no surprise to anyone. I know there are cultural differences but Mark’s post makes a good point. I applaud him! Every conference I have ever been to has had mixed content. My…
Q. What is the sound of one hand clapping? A. A conference where people are more thankful for the message than praising the man who delivered the message. At a fairly large conference a few years ago, one speaker arrived…
