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I'm not sure if Shai Linne was trying to capitalize on this year's PCRT theme or not, but his new, Bible-based, Reformed, John Piper-approved hip-hop CD is entitled "The Atonement." Listeners should be prepared for a heavy dose of Romans.

The church planting committee at Philadelphia's Tenth Presbyterian Church was recently given some statistics that clarify the need for gospel work in our own United States. With almost 200 million unchurched people, America is one of the world's ten largest mission fields. In 2000, the US sent out...

. . . from church father Columbanus: "Let us all hasten to approach to perfect manhood, to the measure of the completed growth of the fulness of Jesus Christ, in Whom let us love one another, praise one another, correct one another, encourage one another, pray for one another, that with Him in one...

Maybe so .

Having read the article to which Ligon links, regarding Pope Benedict and Martin Luther, it seems that the Luther they want to restore is really Erasmus. The latter ranted against the moral and spiritual abuses of the Roman Catholic Church just as much as Luther did. But Luther himself insisted...

Well, Derek Thomas and Hywel Jones must have been singing Cwm Rhondda as they listened to the Wales beat Ireland in Dublin (16-12) to win the Triple Crown and to set up for the Six Nations Grand Slam against the Frogs in Cardiff. Wales is 4-0. We're talking Rugby here of course. And as if it couldn...

OK, it was a bad day. English rugby is not in need of revival but of resurrection. As the present Mrs T is a Gael to the top of her 4 foot 9 inch frame, it took her less than three seconds to phone her father-in-law to gloat at the end of today's debacle. He, however, was convinced that the usual...

No, that's not the name of a dodgy legal firm. Rather, four theologians who have reflected in significant ways on scripture. What is interesting is that, in reading Andrew McGowan's new volume from Apollos UK, The Divine Spiration of Scripture , I am puzzled that he comes to very different...

Just a quick addition to Carl's blog below on the McGowan volume. Dr. Gaffin will be reviewing Andy's book in these columns in a few weeks. Watch this space.

Our editor asks us to comment on the question of "crafting church visions." Is it necessary or even advisable for churches to make 5-year or 10 year plans? Or is such a practice a corruption of the spiritual calling of the church? My response consists of the following 7 points, which I will flesh...