Why I Chose to Preach on Job
“You’re not going to preach right through Job are you? This is going to be so depressing!” Such, at first, was the reaction of one or two of my congregation at the church door on Sunday morning after I began…
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Would these two guys have dinner together?
Probably not. But I ran across two great posts today from two friends–one by D. G. Hart, on the secular left’s confused accounting of the “Religious Right”, and the other by Tim Keller, on why the nitty-gritty of pastoral leadership…
The greatest temptation
From Samuel Rutherford (in The Loveliness of Christ [Banner of Truth, 2007], 4-5): I find it most true, that the greatest temptation out of hell, is to live without temptations; if my waters should stand, they would rot. Faith is…
How to cope with evil speaking
From Charles Simeon (in Hugh Evan Hopkins, Charles Simeon of Cambridge [Eerdmans, 1977], 134): The longer I live, the more I feel the importance of adhering to the rules which I have laid down for myself in relation to such…
Imagine what he’d think of email…
From Hugh Evan Hopkins, Charles Simeon of Cambridge (Eerdmans, 1977), 123-4: Although he wrote so many letters Simeon was very well aware how much better it was, if possible, to talk rather than write, especially when a ‘delicate or much-controverted point’ arose.…
The secret of Jotham’s power
One of the benefits of having children studying and working in Glasgow is the opportunity to spend time with them, and accompany them to Dowanvale Free Church. Today we heard an outstanding sermon by Rev Kenneth Stewart on the words…
Genesis 1: Plenty of Rooom on the Slippery Slope
Derek cites a Dutch professor, Ellen van Wolde, who is presumably of liberal persuasions, for her novel assertion that bara in Genesis 1 does not mean “create”. But is this really much different from the tactics currently en vogue in our…
In the beginning…
In the beginning God separated pre-existing matter according to the Dutch professor, Ellen van Wolde. In an article that appears here, Professor Wolde claims the Hebrew text of Genesis 1:1 has been mistranslated until — yes, until she came along…
Free Church of Scotland Moderator
The Free Church of Scotland has announced that Rev David Meredith, minister of Smithton-Culloden Free Church, is to be the Moderator of the 2010 General Assembly. More details here.
Celebrating the Death of Meaning
It has been a good couple of months for the celebrating of life at memorial services. First, there was the celebration of Michael Jackson’s life and then there was Ted Kennedy, enfant terrible turned elder statesman. Both men, in their…