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Keeping Holiday

I recently read Starr Meade’s latest book, Keeping Holiday–which teaches biblical truth and God-centered theology through an excellent story: “I love it. In reading Keeping Holiday, I was reminded of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of…

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Theologians in Exile

I have just been listening to a new CD recording of Gaelic songs celebrating the work of one of our island’s great poets, Murdo Macfarlane. He lent the expressiveness of his native Celtic tongue to his poetry, with the result…

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Atheists in London fail to pay up

A campaign to place the advertisement, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and get on with your life” on London buses failed because subcribers failed to come up with the money to pay for it.  See the story here.

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Why I Love an Ordination Service

This past Lord’s Day evening, our church saw the ordination of Rev. Gabriel Fluher.  Gabe is a recent graduate of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and has been a most outstanding intern at our church for the last few years.  We have…

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Pinch-hitting for Babe Ruth

Well, my Lord’s Day afforded an opportunity for growth – in humility. I had the privilege of preaching at First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC, where Sinclair Ferguson is the Minister. Sinclair was in town (but leaving for Scotland today for…

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On being selfish

One of the many lessons we’re hoping our kids learn is the standard one on not being selfish.  A hard lesson for them, especially since I am so selfish my self.  We all are.  I was reminded of this yesterday…

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Summer trips and Summer reading

Now that I am back from my holiday in Florida it’s time to resume blogging. One of the highlights of our trip was to hear R.C. Sproul preaching in his church in Sanford; his exposition of Matthew 6:25-34 was uplifting…

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Van Til, Oliphint and apologetics

Two recent additions to the Van Til corpus have been published by P&R Publishing. Both volumes have now been annotated and provide for the reader explanations and definitions of concepts, ideas and terms. These additions should go a long way…