A public apology to the Good Book Company
Following my post yesterday on Sam Allberry’s book ‘Is God Anti Gay?‘ – The Good Book Company have been in touch and I was wrong, I quote from their email ‘the A format size was a deliberate choice, but…
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Is God anti-gay?
Sam Allberry’s book ‘Is God Anti Gay?‘ is very helpful on many different levels. It is excellent for those struggling with sexuality issues, it’s great for members of the congregation to learn how to respond biblically to the gay question, and it’s very…
July 4th
It’s the Fourth of July and I applaud the greatest country on earth; I honor my Scots-Irish forebears that under waves of persecution in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries went in waves over the ocean to plant Presbyterian churches…
Fourth of July Reflections on a Changing America
For Christians, the issue of patriotism is always complicated by our citizenship in two realms, one earthly and one heavenly. The Bible teaches that we have duties to our earthly nation, including obeying laws, paying taxes, and honoring our leaders…
Vatican Files no. 22
100 Days with Pope Francis Roughly one hundred days ago, March 12th 2013, Cardinal Bergoglio was elected to the chair of Peter becoming Pope Francis, the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Such a counting takes for granted that…
Vatican Files no. 22
100 Days with Pope Francis Roughly one hundred days ago, March 12th 2013, Cardinal Bergoglio was elected to the chair of Peter becoming Pope Francis, the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Such a counting takes for granted that…
The Scriptures and creation
For a nice blend of topics, sit back first for a leisurely Trueman on the sufficiency of Scripture, and then enjoy a bracing Mohler on the age of the universe. The former provides a good basis for the latter.
The Gospel Call and True Conversion
This morning I began reading Paul Washer’s new book entitled The Gospel Call and True Conversion and am thoroughly enjoying it. This is his second book in a series called Recovering the Gospel. The book arrived this week. More information…
A preacher’s nightmare
Like many dreams, the details began to fade very rapidly, only a few of them sticking, but the vivid impression remains. In this dream, I had (I presume) been invited to preach. I knew the building, more or less. It…
The Myth of Persecution
Candida Moss, The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom (New York: HarperOne 2013), 320 pp., $25.99 This is an entertaining, at times thought-provoking, but deeply flawed book. For all of its underlying scholarship, it is…