As Colin Hansen recently reported in a Christianity Today article, in some biblical translations, selected vocabulary has been removed to eliminate cultural stumbling blocks. [1] For example, missionaries in the 1980’s replaced familial language for ostensibly less offensive terms…
In a recent blog post on this site, my good friend Ligon Duncan has provocatively suggested that the Mercersburg theologian John W. Nevin is “not the answer to what ails us.” As one who has read a bit of Nevin…
Ref21 friend Paul Helm has just finished a fascinating series of posts on Jonathan Edwards and his thoughts on true religion. His conclusion was this: “The Religious Affections is an important book, but in my view it would be unwise…
There’s still time to get in on a great weekend of teaching in and fellowship – just head over to Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, if you’re in the area! Today, Rick Phillips will be speaking about godly masculinity and…
“In a comparatively sound church life, it is possible to assume that as a rule the children of the covenant will be born again in their youth and come to faith and conversion ‘in stages and gracefully.’ But when the world…
…but not in the north, as I endured a below 20 degree walk to the office from Suburban station today. What can cure the cold weather ills? Talking about adoption at PCRT Greenville this weekend. For a third year, the…
The response to the Lady Gaga Mass has been overwhelming (thanks for writing in, mum!), and the dude who has been my research assistant these many years has even found the full text of the Missal online (though I am…
Michael Haykin’s latest book (just out, Crossway), Rediscovering the Church Fathers, is very welcome indeed. Some will recall Ligon Duncan’s masterful address at the last T4G Conference (and the blog frenzy that followed it) in which he not only…
Steve Lawson: All in the Family For the final address – and the Sunday morning sermon – Steve Lawson expounded from Galatians 6:10, “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who…
Gary Brady is a prolific blogger and can be found here. Amidst the many interesting series he has done on such profound subjects as famous ducks, monsters his family have drawn over Christmas time and moustache styles is a series on…
