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“We must take it all”

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the unity of Scripture: Higher criticism is man picking and choosing out of the Scriptures, believing what he likes and rejecting, or ignoring, the rest. It is man failing to submit himself completely and utterly to…

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Christians in Conflict over Obamacare

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge” (Acts 4:19). It is possible that historians will look back on 2013 as a watershed…

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Christians in Conflict over Obamacare

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge” (Acts 4:19). It is possible that historians will look back on 2013 as a watershed…

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When the elders say No

In ‘Persistently Preaching Christ – fifty years of bible ministry in a Cambridge Church‘, there is an exceptional instance of Minister and elders (in this case Church Wardens) working together. Mark Ashton writes… ‘After twenty years of ministry in Cambridge…

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Review: “Pastors in the Classics”

Pastors in the Classics: Timeless Lessons on Life and Ministry from World LiteratureLeland Ryken, Philip Ryken & Todd WilsonBaker Books, 2012, 192pp., paperback, $16.99ISBN 978-0-8010-7197-3 This is an odd book. It is not a bad book, but it is hard…

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Science and St Helen’s

St Helen’s Bishopsgate have produced a series of short videos on Science and the Christian named ‘Science – A personal view’. Various scientists from their congregation address common questions and misconceptions outsiders have regarding the gospel. This is an excellent…

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Colin Buchanan – A True Celebrity

Colin Buchanan is, to my son and countless other kids like him, the equivalent of what John Piper is to Christian hedonists, Gresham Machen is to the OPC and John Stott is to English public schoolboys. The kid absolutely loves…

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Never a Bad Sunday on Twitter

I’ve been in blogging rehab the last few weeks and so have turned my attention to Twitter, that other marvellous form of modern communication. We set up a church account to give out announcements and so far it’s been a…

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Clarity and discretion

When the New Testament deals with sexual morality, it does so unfailing clarity and reassuring discretion. Take, as an example, the instruction of the apostle in 1 Thessalonians 4: Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus…

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Reading Luther Not Wisely But Well: Part One

Martin Luther is perhaps the single most important thinker for Protestants. Not that he is the greatest theologian, exegete or even role model. There are other, more qualified candidates for each of those titles. He is, however, the original agenda…