This upcoming meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church’s General Synod, scheduled for June 5-7, 2012, has the potential to be one of the more significant meetings of that body in recent memory. Judging from the contents of the Synod packet…
Every once in a while you come across a great quote that grips your heart and reminds you of all that you have in Jesus. This week I came across just such a quote by John Bunyan concerning the righteousness…
When the Jews saw Christ weep outside the tomb of Lazarus, this demonstration of his deep affection (compare Jn 11.3, 5) brought forth the declaration: “See how he loved him!” (Jn 11.36). His attitude and actions left the onlookers in…
Numbers, numbers, numbers, It’s our favourite book of the Bible as conservative evangelicals. We all love numbers: “How many people go to your church? How many people are on your team? How many downloads have you had on your sermons?”…
It is with deep gratitude to God that The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies announces that the publishing house of Walter de Gruyter, with head offices in Berlin and Boston, has committed itself to the publication of a modern…
G.R. Evans, The Roots of the Reformation: Tradition, Emergence, and Rupture (IVP: 2012) 528 pp. My philosophy of teaching is very simple: while I confess that I do like it when I am able to persuade students to agree with…
G.R. Evans, The Roots of the Reformation: Tradition, Emergence, and Rupture (IVP: 2012) 528 pp. My philosophy of teaching is very simple: while I confess that I do like it when I am able to persuade students to agree with…
A friend of mine last year attended the John Stott memorial service in Melbourne. He said to me it was the best funeral/ memorial sermon he’d ever heard. I printed it out but never got round to reading it until…
By questioning what God really said, the serpent infamously enticed Eve to do more than simply assess whether God’s Word was trustworthy. The serpent’s question lured Eve, and Adam in her wake, into a radical reordering of their relationship with…
C.M. (Beatitudo) Psalm 1 How greatly favoured is the manWho, by the grace of God,Walks not in step with sinful men,Nor treads the sinner’s road. The seat of mockers holds no joy: All wickedness is spurnedBy them whose love is…
