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Paglia on Palin

Uh-oh, Carl. Camille likes Sarah. Here. By the way, as chairman of CBMW, may I note that nothing that Paglia says she admires about the frontier women of the 19th century is incompatible with complementarianism, or Proverbs 31 for that matter.…

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Thabiti Anyabwile on Missions

As promised here are some of the details from Thabiti Anyabwile’s first address on missions at RTS Jackson this morning:   Speaking from Matthew 9:35-38, he divided the passage into four sections: 1) Jesus’ work 2) Jesus’ compassion 3) Jesus’…

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And while we’re at it….

….you can also buy yourself a Sarah Palin graven image, at least according to the Torygraph. I believe you can also get Barack Obama ones as well. Those who make them will be like them, as Ps 115 puts it. …

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Trouble in Megachurch Paradise

John Seel brought my attention to this article in today’s USA Today. Here are a couple of quotes. “You can create a church that’s big, but is still not transforming people. Without transformation, the Christian message is not advanced.” —…

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Audio Links of Interest

Scott Clark has posted a link to Ligon’s three lectures on covenant theology at Westminster Seminary California (the den Dulk lectures). Nicholas Batzig has been posting links to online sermons by Eric Alexander (here and here). J. I. Packer is…

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Deaconesses

As some readers may know, the role of women in the mercy ministry of the church is a live issue in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).  At Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church, where I serve as senior minister, our practice…