Category Reformation21

Why stress the Christmas shopping?  Here are some suggestions to help . . . For the kids:  – The new Pilgrim’s Progress, edited by C. J. Lovik and illustrated by Mike Wimmer.  This new Crossway Book is excellent in every…

Under the auspices of Highland Theological College, Principal Donald Macleod of the Free Church College delivered the annual John Murray lecture on November 20th. This lecture is well worth hearing, and can be downloaded on the website of Greyfriars Free…

As a confirmed INTJ (that’s Myers-Briggs personality speak for introvert, intuitive, thinking, judgment), I’ve struggled at time with my personality. For example, my wife loves to entertain large groups of people at our home; I prefer to have one other…

Glad to see my friend, Ray Ortlund, senior pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, is now blogging at the Gospel Coalition. Thankful for his passion for Christ and his Gospel and for revival in this generation.

Calvin material continues to appear throughout this anniversary year (sounds like I’m starting a poem, but I’m not). This is a plug for the latest in Day One’s series of ‘Travel Guides’ – Travel with John Calvin, written by Ken…

Okay, it’s not as long as the summer, but it is a few days and don’t you think books ought to trump parades and college football?  Put another way, nothing goes better with turkey than some good reads.   Let…

Further to recent blogs on the topic “How Can a loving God send People to Hell?” readers might like to watch a video clip (posted by Martin Downes) of Don Carson answering this question, here.

  A couple of books that have come my way are outstanding: the first, by Tony Merida (Ok, he’s in Mississippi, so I’m biased), called Faithful Preaching: Declaring Scripture with Responsibility, Passion, and Authenticity (B&H Publishing, 2009). Merida has a…

As I’ve transitioned from teaching back to congregational ministry, I find myself reading widely in the “practical theology” field–whether pastoral theology, preaching, worship, or counseling. One of the better books that I’ve read recently is Elyse Fitzpatrick and Dennis Johnson’s…

‘What makes a preacher choose any book or passage of the Bible to preach on?’ That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question I tend to ask myself on not a few occasions and feel I have to answer to my congregation…