I just received my copy of John Piper’s new book Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again? One of Piper’s reasons for making the biblical case for born-again Christianity is to guard the term against its misuse in…
Did I say that Christians trying to be trendy and do things like the U2charist was cringeworthy? Well, as Mrs Emma Peel has just pointed out, the U2charist website helpfully explains how to pronounce Bono (Baw-no, apparently, for those who…
A student sent this link to me, for a so-called U2charist at a local church, where the purpose is to spread the gospel/U2 vision for reconciliation and peace. It reminded me very much of the much-missed earthwindandfirecharists of the late…
If you have heard the name of Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) at all, you have probably heard it in connection with the Westminster Assembly or one of his two best known works, the Letters of Samuel Rutherford or Lex, Rex. You…
You may be encouraged by this CMDA interview with Andrew Jamison, who was on US Airways flight 1549 that crash landed in the Hudson River in NY last month, and his wife Jennifer. They give a strong Christian witness. Andrew and Jennifer are both…
Today, I had the privilege of teaching one of my seminars with a small group of students. The topic: New Perspective on Paul. No, it isn’t an obsession. It just “happened” that this was the topic for today. Next door,…
Writing for National Review Online, Jay Nordlinger recounts a broadcast from Middle East Media Research Institute in which a Muslim cleric from Egypt defends no fault divorce. What interests me is the last line, which gives Christians more credit than…
Mrs. Emma Peel, formerly of Academic Affairs at W.T.S. (whose work there with Dr. T, incidentally, has now become a cult British T.V. series) brought my attention to the following story from the B.B.C. on the detrimental effect of Facebook. …
I had the privilege and joy of preaching and lecturing at Grove City College on Monday and Tuesday. More about that later. One of the joys of this was being about to renew fellowship with old friends, including Dr. T.…
Our journey through the Creed has taken us from the heights of glory, contemplating God in his triune majesty, through to the new community Christ is building in the church. But as we have been confessing these great truths we…
