Category Reformation21

On Saturday last I had the privilege of preaching at the Scottish Reformed Conference, an interdenominational preaching event billed as ‘Scotland’s premier preaching and teaching conference’. The chairman, Rev David Carmichael of Abbeygreen Church of Scotland began proceedings by opening with…

Mark Johnston, whose sermons on the Apostles’ Creed we are featuring just now was on Premier Radio yesterday on the topic of cessationism, here. The program can be heard as streaming audio or podcast. [Go to the link above and…

Many readers of this blog are familiar with Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ instruction to preaching the Gospel to ourselves. In his book, Spiritual Depression (pp. 20-21), Lloyd-Jones said: Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the…

Today, in my morning worship, the section of scripture was Romans 9-11 and smack dab in the middle of it, of course, were these words from Romans 10:14. There were a number of thoughts that struck me: 1) While we…

My good friend, Joe Holland, pointed out to me (in a “down” moment at Presbytery yesterday) a fascinating piece in Thomas Boston’s Memoirs (Vol. XII of The Complete Works of Thomas Boston [Tentmaker, 2002]): “Having been advised before to cut…

The Christian calendar practiced by most evangelicals today is extremely illuminating.  What it shows is our generally weak appreciation for the fullness of Christ’s saving work.  Two big holidays occupy our minds completely: Christmas and Easter.  So we focus on…

The latest 9Marks interview by Mark Dever: “Phillip Jensen discusses Australian Anglicanism, dealing with success, his lack of regard for the academy, training ministers, and more.”

Well Chris Larson of Ligonier sent me a joke I couldn’t refuse to pass along.   What do you get when you cross a mafia ‘Don’ with a postmodernist?