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Still in the PCA

Recent rumors to the contrary, Ligon Duncan is still a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church in America.  I can vouch for him, having recently heard him referred to in the Philadelphia Presbytery as one of the “modern-day…

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An Emphasis on Preaching

My friend, Stewart Edwards, President of a wonderful organization called French Camp, recently wrote this in a newsletter:  Robert Lowry (1826-1899) had it right. A Baptist minister who penned over 500 hymns, many of which are still sung in churches…

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Hold on Loosely

The body of my friend Tim Eimer is weakened by what may be a fatal cancer.  His spirit is finding strength in the gospel.  Recently he wrote this practical exhortation: “In recent years, God has taught me not to hold…

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Ends and means

I appreciated Ligon’s reference to Derek’s sermon on Ezra, and the need for us to match our personal performance with our pulpit ministry (‘Study. Live. Preach’, below).   That thought was on my own mind recently as I’ve been reading…

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What are creeds?

Timely words from J. Gresham Machen, “The Creeds and Doctrinal Advance,” in God Transcendent, ed. Ned B. Stonehouse (Eerdmans, 1949), 145: That is often forgotten by those who today undertake to write confessional statements. Let us give expression to our…

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New Attitude

The messages (with summaries) from the recent New Attitude conference are now available online. You can hear Josh Harris and Eric Simmons talk about the Word; John Piper talk about fighting for joy and the life of Tyndale; Al Mohler…

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Del Venting

It takes the biscuit when Princeton is calling Westminster Seminary for its liberal agenda. My younger brother Trotter was only telling me the other day that this was a sign of postmodrockery, or some such thing as that. Next thing…

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Oops

Rev Boadicea Von Ribbentrop, as one who sees her role as correcting errant brethren, just reminded me that Blondie’s song was actually “Heart of Glass,” a common mistake, she informed me, that men make.  She is, after all, right.  And…

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Jealousy

Trotter’s just jealous of Sproul, since the only music credit he ever received was a co-writer’s nod on Blondie’s “House of Glass.”  Ahh, the seventies. I’m going back to writing now.