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Please be in prayer for Dr. Al Mohler of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He will be undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his colon. Dr. Mohler has been used greatly by God to help raise up a generation of…
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Shepherd the flock of God
I was recently attending a gathering of pastors when I heard the now tired phrase, “For so many years I preached to the already convinced.” This, we are intended to infer, is a bad thing. After all, what could be…
When the church goes the world’s way
“Sadly, this is not the church’s finest hour. We live in an age of weak theology and casual Christian conduct. Our knowledge is insufficient, our worship is irreverent, and our lives are immoral. Even the evangelical church has succumbed to…
New Book
An excellent new volume is that by Robert C Kolb and Charles P Arand, The Genius of Luther’s Theology (Baker Academic). Not so much a study of Luther’s thought as an interaction with him on the issues of righteousness and…
New Book
An excellent new volume is that by Robert C Kolb and Charles P Arand, The Genius of Luther’s Theology (Baker Academic). Not so much a study of Luther’s thought as an interaction with him on the issues of righteousness and…
New Book
An excellent new volume is that by Robert C Kolb and Charles P Arand, The Genius of Luther’s Theology (Baker Academic). Not so much a study of Luther’s thought as an interaction with him on the issues of righteousness and…
Richard Allen’s Birthday
A nice piece in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer laments that the February birthday of Richard Allen — once a major event in our city’s black community — receives so little notice. Born a slave, Richard Allen was a leading voice for…
Pray for Al Mohler
This press release has just come from SBTS. Al is facing, again, major surgery, and in view of this and the potentially lengthy recuperation process, has decided not to allow his name to be placed into nomination for the presidency…
The Trotter Proposal: An extension of the Trueman Hypothesis
Of course, I agree with my close friend Trueman on the absurd trendiness of those whose motivation for dog-collared soulpatchery is metropresbyterial self-regard. But strange Reformed dress styles are not the monopoly of those suffering from stunted emotional growth. One…
2:00
So, I spent the entire day at home on my back. Whatever I have is acting an aweful lot like flu. I tried to go to be bed at 9:00 unsuccessfully. I finally admited defeat and made a bowl of…