This month, I thought I would use this column to indulge in a little thought experiment. What, I wonder, if the conservative evangelical church world came to be dominated by a symbiotic network of high-profile and charismatic leaders (think more…
This month, I thought I would use this column to indulge in a little thought experiment. What, I wonder, if the conservative evangelical church world came to be dominated by a symbiotic network of high profile and charismatic leaders (think…
Left Without Words: How Roman Catholicism is Reshaping the Evangelical Vocabulary “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of words” (Socrates). If you define a word in a certain way you make claims about reality. Our postmodern culture has stirred…
Left Without Words: How Roman Catholicism is Reshaping the Evangelical Vocabulary “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of words” (Socrates). If you define a word in a certain way you make claims about reality. Our postmodern culture has stirred…
In the curious world of Presbyterianism the people who bang on the most about being Reformed, Covenantal and Confessional rarely have prayer meetings in their congregation. I mean by that where the church corporately gathers to call on the name…
The Word of God must be preached plainly and simply, not in allusions and doubtful terms, not in innuendoes and learned phrases; not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but in words which the Holy Ghost teacheth; not with the…
The rise of gay rights, including, now, the all but inevitable legal support for same-sex marriage at home and abroad, has the effect of a tidal wave: better get out of the way, or be drowned in obscurity. Sure, there…
The rise of gay rights, including, now, the all but inevitable legal support for same-sex marriage at home and abroad, has the effect of a tidal wave: better get out of the way, or be drowned in obscurity. Sure, there…
No, not advice about brushing your teeth regularly, flossing wisely, or avoiding Stilton and garlic soup before that pastoral visit – that would be oral hygiene. This is – to give it its technical name – vocal hygiene: keeping the…
From such love — may I ever be delivered! (J.C. Ryle, “Christian Love” 1878) Christian love does not consist in approving everybody’s religious opinions. Here is another most serious and growing delusion. There are many who pride themselves…
