A beautiful festschrift for R. Kent Hughes has just been released by Crossway Books. The full title reads: Preach the Word: Essays on Expository Preaching: In Honor of R. Kent Hughes. The editors are Leland Ryken (truth in advertising: Leland…
Noll’s article is an excellent topic for discussion. I thought he hit on a number of important issues, a few of which prompt some comments from me. I particularly appreciated his comment that “singing is a deeply rooted expression of…
Scott Clark reports a fascinating but entirely predictable progression in the Reformed world’s theological rift these days. The axiom holds true: one is moving either in the direction of Rome or of Geneva. You also have to give Scott credit…
Writing in the October 23 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Wellesley Professor Mary Lefkowitz says, “Prominent secular and atheist commentators have argued lately that religion ‘poisons’ human life and causes endless violence and suffering. But the poison isn’t religion;…
It has been a real pleasure to hear Paul Tripp preach on Jonah in recent months. Two of his more memorable lines have been especially thought provoking: “The anger of God is our only hope.” (because in his implacable opposition…
The latest 9Marks newsletter is also online, focusing on the relationship between the church and the transformation of culture.
Mark Dever interviews Derek Thomas.
Presumably the blogosphere is already abuzz with warnings about The Golden Compass, a New Line Cinema production scheduled to open on December 7. The warnings are justified: the film is based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials, which is…
This is old news by now, but I wanted to share one more highlight from last week’s Reformation Hymn Festival. The children’s choir sang Martin Luther’s “All Glory be to God Alone.” I’m not sure that I have heard this hymn…
Okay, it wasn’t a private lunch, but there weren’t all that many of us there, either. Gov. Romney was in Greenville yesterday and I attended a Q & A forum with lunch. I suppose winning the South Carolina primary is…
