A dear brother named Noah sent this to me. It’s a worthy warning indeed. Thales, the philosopher, walking in the field at noon, was gazing into the heavens to see the stars, and stumbled into the ditch. So many…
With all the understandable brouhaha over Peter Enns’ recent book, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins (Brazos, 2012) in which Enns decisively rejects the historicity of Adam and Eve, it is good to…
A non-Christian friend of mine recently returned from a trip overseas. When I asked him how his trip was, he looked me in the eye and, with finger pointing and shaking in my face, steadfastly declared to me, “There is…
The New Evangelization and Its Silences “The New Evangelization” is the buzzword for much of what happens at the Vatican. It could well become the catchword of Ratzinger’s entire pontificate given the attention that is receiving. Benedict XVI instituted a…
The New Evangelization and Its Silences “The New Evangelization” is the buzzword for much of what happens at the Vatican. It could well become the catchword of Ratzinger’s entire pontificate given the attention that is receiving. Benedict XVI instituted a…
Charles Simeon says: “In forming our estimate of men, we are apt to look at their actions only; and even our own characters, also, we try by that standard. But it is the habit of the mind that chiefly marks the…
Yesterday morning 5 of us local ministers spent the morning with Dick Lucas. He gave us an overview of 2 Timothy. The guy is 87 and still reworking his material, it was remarkable. The benefit of just having a small group together…
A number of us in our church are reading ”What is the Mission of the Church” by Gilbert and Deyoung which the more I read of it the more I like it. Kevin Deyoung gave an excellent talk at a…
Last fall, Steve Hays of Triablogue, did an excellent article for ref21 refuting the collection of new atheist essays published under the title of The End of Christianity (ed. John Loftus). The book-length refutation of Loftus and company is now available…
Carl Trueman weighs in on James Macdonald’s exit from the Gospel Coalition over at Christianity Today. Also, see Trueman’s latest Wages of Spin article and a review of Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshear’s Doctrine. A busy day at ref21!
