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The Schaeffer Institute has recently released the troubling statistics of a research project among pastors. Thabiti comments on these findings in a very helpful and sobering post: This past Lord's Day, I had the privilege of preaching 1 Timothy 5:17-20. "The elders who direct the affairs of the...

Scott Oliphint's excellent book on apologetics is now available for $5 at WTSbooks. Too often Christians rely on worldly weapons to wage spiritual warfare. Publisher's Description: Hoping "to get us to open our Bibles again when we think about apologetics," K. Scott Oliphint probes six Scripture...

I highly recommend Carl Trueman's excellent (and brief) ebook The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind . If you are a pastor, ministry leader, or elder in a non-denominational church Trueman's book will be especially important for you to read. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLpLocn4Js...

Check out Piper's introductory comments HERE . Topic index of the interview: 0:00 Introduction 3:29 The glory of God. 7:16 David Wells and the weight of God’s reality. 9:00 Would you write the book the same today? 12:00 The sovereignty of God. 18:47 How do you speak of God’s sovereignty in the...

"Although known as gospel people, evangelicals no longer share any consensus on the gospel's meaning." - Carl Trueman from The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

Read Kevin DeYoung's excellent article Thinking Theologically About Memorial Day .

As many of you know Robert Schuller's famous Crystal Cathedral filed for bankruptcy last year. Now a developer is purchasing the campus for the purpose of building apartments on the site. Check out the story HERE . I can't help but wonder what we need to learn from this. Is it just an unfortunate...

On Sunday I wrapped up the series God's Great Story with part 15 - "The Triumphant God." You can listen to or download the sermon HERE .

"Indifferentism about doctrine makes no heroes of the faith." - J. Gresham Machen Take time to read Al Mohler's helpful essay A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity .

Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as 'a bad press.' We are constantly assured that the churches are empty because preachers insist too much upon doctrine - 'dull dogma,' as people call it. The fact is the precise opposite. It is the neglect of dogma that makes for...