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News came earlier today regarding yesterday's special meeting of the Board of Trustees at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), which met to address "the disunity of the faculty regarding the theological issues related to Dr. Peter Enns ' book, Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals...

As expected, there is a wide variety of internet comment on the WTS board's suspension of Old Testament Professor Peter Enns. I would highlight Scott Clark's counsel to current students and the discussion taking place at Green Baggins . Both of these, and most others, express sincere expressions of...

Writing in the April 3 edition of the Jerusalem Post , Daniel Pipes asks, "Will Europe Resist Islamization?" According to conventional wisdom, the answer is "no." But Pipes counters this argument by pointing to the dramatic conversion of the prominent Muslim Magdi Allam -- a top editor and well...

For staff devotions this week, my colleague Marion Clark shared the following proverb, which is good counsel for every Christian, but especially for anyone in ministry: "The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe" (Prov. 29:25). Ironically, it is our desire to feel safe...

I’m in Scotland for a few days, catching up with European news in today’s edition of The Times . The big splash news item, on several pages, is the case of Max Mosely, president of the FIA ( Federation Internationale de l’Automobile ) – that’s “Formula One” racing cars for the uninitiated. Mosley (...

I drew attention to the mp3 downloadable addresses that Sinclair Ferguson gave recently at RTS Charlotte (available from iTunes). Steven Hall has kindly informed me of his own summaries of the "choicest bits" on his blog, here .

The longer I live as a Christian and serve as a pastor, the more impressed I am with the value of careful attention to Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, commonly known as The Lord’s Prayer. Many, if not most, Christians struggle with prayer. Two reasons come to mind. The first...

I greatly enjoyed attending the Twin Lakes Fellowship outside Jackson, MS last week. Seeing that the audios are on-line , I thought I would make the information available to our readers. I came late and so missed half of the messages. But Derek Thomas's sermon on Jesus' temptation was simply...

C.J. and Carolyn Mahaney give practical, biblical advice on the issue.

Ronald Marshall, writing in Touchstone : Jonah is a horrifying book, with its raging storm and fierce sea-monster, a suicide attempt and near drowning, and, at the end, a confrontation with a massive enemy city. But in American children’s literature it is largely a harmless adventure story, all...