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I think the greatest danger to Trinitarian worship in at least American evangelicalism is the oft-cited "Jesus-only" phenomenon. Instead of worshiping God, we say that we are "worshiping Jesus." Now, we should worship Jesus, but not only God the Son. Therefore, I think much progress can be made...

In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon's Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press). Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. The underlying text/numbering is that...

My good friend, Iain D Campbell, Free Church minister in Back, Isle of Lewis (from where all the best and most beautiful wives hail!) has posted a typically thoughtful paper on his website dealing with just the kind of issues upon which the blog has been touching these last days. Here's the link:...

Two new publications caught my eye this week, and there could hardly be a greater contrast. One comes from Ireland in the seventeenth century: The Body of Divinity: Being the Sum and Substance of the Christian Religion by Archbishop James Ussher.

Earlier this month, I attended the annual Christian Booksellers' Association (CBA) in Atlanta to do a booksigning and interviews for my new book Jesus the Evangelist . It was my first trip to CBA and I am extremely grateful to the excellent staff of Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Trust. I see...

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I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality. `I don't think he wants to be a heretic' was my friend's comment. `No,' I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.' It reminded me of the reflections of another friend on a New Testament passage...

The First Things webpage carries a very interesting, and in parts very moving, article, What is Anglicanism? , written by the Ugandan church leader, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi. I'm generally not a big fan of Anglicanism as a phenomenon (mourning every day for the failure of the Grand Old Cause)...

Having moved to Greenville, SC, one of the big decisions has been where to send our children to school. This year we have a fifth, fourth, and second grader (with two more raring to take their turn). We really are not a homeschooling family, so the choice was between public schools and private...

I had a reader marvel that there are no Reformed Christian schools in Greenville, where I live (based on my entry below). Actually, there are. The problem is that they are way out of our price range (especially with 5 children). Only if my wife got a serious job outside of the home could we afford...