Every Bible Student needs a good atlas
Crossway’s ESV BIBLE ATLAS by John D. Currid and David P. Barrett First, I declare a bias – well, two if I may: that I know John Currid (one of the co-authors of this volume -he’s a colleague and…
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Pink and Proud
So former Welsh international rugby player and British and Irish Lions captain, Gareth Thomas, has made number 1 on the Independent on Sunday‘s annual Pink List. While one is tempted to ask what his former wife thinks of this recognition, …
A New Idol? We’re Falling Behind
Other than the complete lack of a sneering judge with an English accent, it seems that the first series of `Imam Idol’ has been a great success, at least if the BBC report is anything to go by. So Islam…
Summer Reading (with the children)
The Church History ABCs by Stephen Nichols & Ned Bustard (Crossway, 2010) Delightfully produced, hilariously illustrated, the Church History ABCs captures the imagination by introducing children to 26 characters from church history, from Augustine to Zwingli. Bunyan was asked…
The Crowd Is Untruth
The great Danish theologian and philosopher, Sǿren Kierkegaard, is probably best known in Christian circles for his haunting reflections upon God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. While I am guessing many of us would question the theology…
The Crowd Is Untruth
The great Danish theologian and philosopher, Sǿren Kierkegaard, is probably best known in Christian circles for his haunting reflections upon God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. While I am guessing many of us would question the theology…
Preaching in Northumbria
I have just been preaching at the Longhorsley Bible Convention in Northumbria (2-4 July 2010). This was my second visit to the convention, and my fellow-labourer in the preaching ministry was Dr Peter Naylor, minister with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church…
A God-Centered Understanding of Sin
The most important truth about sin is the one least recognized in our day. It is this: all sin is primarily sin against God. Where sin is understood as merely a moral concept rather than mainly a religious one,[1] where…
A God-Centered Understanding of Sin
The most important truth about sin is the one least recognized in our day. It is this: all sin is primarily sin against God. Where sin is understood as merely a moral concept rather than mainly a religious one,[1] where…
Some thoughts on pulpit methodology
There is a philosophy current among evangelical preachers that one is not really preaching unless one is expounding and explaining a book of the Bible theme by theme, passage by passage, week by week. In some places, as I have…