Uganda slideshow
As I indicated earlier, I was able to visit African Bible University in the company of my son Stephen at the end of April. His YouTube slideshow of the visit is here.
Category Reformation21
I Think I See a Bear
I’ve been AWOL again, and after only a few posts at that. Our family moved. It was just next door and downhill at that, but it was still a move. I feel I should post about the obligatory things one…
Why Auto Spell Check Is Not Always the Best Idea
Just ask the folks at Calvin Theological Journal who recently reviewed a book by our friend Jelly Kapic!
Scottish Reformed Conference
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 on cessationism and gold fillings
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…
Preaching the Gospel to all sorts of voices
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…
How will they hear without someone preaching?
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…
Boston on soulpatches…
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…
Did You Know that Pentecost is this Sunday?
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…
9 Marks Interview with Phillip Jensen
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.”