CVT in B&C
Congratulations are in order to our very own Sean Lucas and to D.G. Hart and to John Muether, editors and author respectively of the Cornelius Van Til volume in the American Reformed Biography series by P&R. Richard Mouw has a…
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Coming Evangelical Collapse
This was a fasincating opinion piece in the Christian Science Monitor (I was referred to it from my facebook homepage; how do you like that, Carl?). The writer essentially argues that because evangelicals have linked themselves to the culture war…
A Prayer for Pastors, Part 2
Typically Bishop Ridding introduced his litany with words like these: “Seeing, brethren, that we are weak men but entrusted with a great office, and that we cannot but be liable to hinder the work entrusted to us by our infirmities…
Resurrection and Restoration
As we come to the last of our studies in the Apostles’ Creed, we cannot help but be struck by the way it ends: I believe ‘…in the resurrection of the dead and the life everlasting’. Given the brevity of…
Resurrection and Restoration
As we come to the last of our studies in the Apostles’ Creed, we cannot help but be struck by the way it ends: I believe ‘…in the resurrection of the dead and the life everlasting’. Given the brevity of…
A Prayer for Pastors, Part 1
A friend has shared with me a litany, or formal order for prayer, written by Dr. George Ridding, the first Bishop of Southwell. The litany was designed for use at meetings of the clergy it was his privilege to supervise…
Listening to Redford and Sproul on CD
Ligonier Ministries have released a fascinating CD called The Alphabet of Revelation which includes several pieces by the renowned contemporary composer J. A. C. Redford, one of which is called The Ancient of Days — a dramatic musical representation of…
Guy Waters: Take 2
Part 2 of Guy Waters’ radio interview in which he discusses N. T. Wright’s latest book (his response to John Piper) can be heard here.
Bunyan’s Boldness
In one of his two sermons on Ecclesiastes 9:10 (about doing things with all your might), Charles Spurgeon refers to the imprisonment of John Bunyan, and to Bunyan’s undying commitment to preach the gospel, regardless of persecution. Here is what…
Messiahs Pointing to the Door
There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…