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Kevin DeYoung on " why we must be unapologetically theological ."

An illustration from Francis Schaeffer: If every little baby that was ever born anywhere in the world had a tape recorder hung about its neck, and if this tape recorder only recorded the moral judgments with which this child as he grew bound other men, the moral precepts might be much lower than...

"A revolution without a firing squads," Lenin is meant to have said, "is meaningless." He spent his career praising the Terror of the French Revolution because his Bolshevism was a unique creed, "a social system based on blood-letting." The Bolsheviks were atheists but they were hardly secular...

Sunday's sermon was part 7 in our series focusing on the Great Commission. It is entitled "How Disciples Are Made" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Albert Mohler has written a thoughtful challenge for Christian men in light of the news swirling around Herman Cain. Mohler points out five lessons to be learned: 1. The Christian man must realize that credible accusations of sexual misconduct or immorality are fatal to credibility and ruinous to...

Carl Trueman has posted some recomendations for Christmas reading: Gregory K. Beale, A Biblical Theology of the New Testament (Baker). Monumental work. My students know I have a thing about people who use `eschatological' every other sentence (the Reformed equivalent of quoting Bono among trendies...

Carl Trueman on the challenge and privilege of preaching (especially at Christmas): The problem is not just metaphysical, not simply a question of how one can talk about infinite God entering finite human existence (`Our God contracted to a span, incomprehensibly made man', to use Wesley's...

The following are books (not all published in 2011) that were either the most enjoyable or the most important books I read over the last 12 months. Theology / Biblical Studies: Historical Theology by Gregg Allison I have not read this book cover-to-cover. However, it is extremely helpful; a great "...

On Sunday I preached the final message in our series focusing on the Great Commission. It is entitled "Sustained By Grace" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE . * On Sunday January 8th, I will begin preaching through Philippians.

Doug Wilson has written a moving but, thankfully, not sentimental memorial for Christopher Hitchens who died of cancer yesterday. G. K. Chesterton once pointed to the salutary effect that the great agnostics had on him—that effect being that of "arousing doubts deeper than their own." Christopher...