From Brian Croft : The umbrella to which these top 10 priorities all fit come from the direct command to God’s shepherds to “Shepherd the flock of God among you (1 Peter 4:2).” The shepherds are to watch over the flock as one who will give an account (Heb. 13:17) until the Chief Shepherd appears (1...

Lanier Theological Library The Lanier Theological Library was founded by one the top attorneys in the country and is located very near the church in which I grew up.

From The Blazing Center : The absolute, most important, best thing that you can do for your pastor is to pray for him. I was freshly reminded of that fact this morning when I read 2 Corinthians 1:11 - "You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing...

Certainly Jesus' words, "Judge not, that you be not judged" (Matt 7:1) are among the more misunderstood and misapplied words in Scripture. Nevertheless, Jesus is telling something vital. Kevin DeYoung weighs in with a thoughtful post: Too many people, non-Christian and Christian, take Jesus’ words...

Given some recent goings on among prominent evangelicals it is clear that the doctrine of the Trinity still needs clarity and defending. To lose clarity on the Trinity is to lose clarity on the gospel itself. Recently Carl Trueman gave a series of lectures on this vital tenet of biblical faith. I...

A debate between Wayne Grudem and Ian Hamilton: [vimeo 37169587 w=400 h=273] EMA 2010: discussion about prophecy from The Proclamation Trust on Vimeo .

On Sunday I preached part seven in the current series through Philippians. It is entitled How to Live When Dying is Gain and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

The gospel encourages me to rest in my righteous standing with God, a standing in which Christ Himself has accomplished and always maintains for me. I never have to do a moment's labor to gain or maintain my justified status before God! Freed from the burden of such a task, I now can put my...

April 14, 2012 Early-bird registration for the Westminster Conference on Science and Faith closes on March 16th. Register now before the discount ends! The third annual Conference on Science and Faith will be held on April 14th, 2012, at the ACE Conference Center in the greater Philadelphia area...

Carl Trueman writing of Martyn Lloyd-Jones: We have leaders with a lot of swagger and `street cred’; Lloyd-Jones had gravitas and did not care to be cool. Lloyd-Jones may have been less than clear on what he wanted in 1966, but he always had complete clarity about the gospel and little time for...

Al Mohler dissects Nicholas Kristoff's troubling views concerning religious liberty: Like so many, including the White House, Kristof does his best to describe the controversy over the birth control mandate as a Catholic issue. In his “Beyond Pelvic Politics” column he wrote of “Catholic...

From Paul Tautges' helpful site Counseling One Another : 20 Ways Satan May Seek to Destroy You This Week

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What is the role of the human will in salvation? How are we to understand predestination? Why does God choose some, but not all? Is he the author of evil? On this special edition of the program, we’re airing part one of a conversation between Michael Horton and Roger Olson recorded live at Biola...

I am excited to read some new titles soon to be released on the nature and doctrine of Scripture: Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible's Origin, Reliability, and Meaning , Grudem, Collins, and Schreiner, editors Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? Hoffmeier and Magary, editors...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWP3sohcY-g&w=460&h=264] "We have come to the point—I say this very soberly—when if there isn’t a dramatic change in circumstances, we as Christians may well be called upon to stand in civil disobedience against the actions of our own government. That...

It used to be that only "liberals" denied the historical fall and the special creation of mankind beginning with a first human couple. Unfortunately, those denials have now crept into otherwise conservative evangelicalism through scholars such as Peter Enns and Tremper Longman (both of whom once...

Dr. Russell Moore has written an important article on the recent decision by the Susan Komen Foundation for the Cure to restore its funding to Planned Parenthood. Dr. Moore sees the worship of money at the core of this sad decision and urges the church not to try to compete in this pagan arena. He...

Tim Keller and D.A. Carson have written a helpful article on the Elephant Room controversy. I would encourage you to take the time to read it. If you are not used to reading about biblical interpretation, their second point ("Biblicism One and Biblicism Two") is very important. Please read...

A few months before Elephant Room 2 Thabiti Anyabwile wrote an excellent article outlining his concerns over James MacDonald's invitation to prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes . Sadly, his counsel, and that of many others was rejected. Pastor Anyabwile wrote: This kind of invitation undermines that...

Tim Tebow had been scheduled to speak at an event in Ohio led by mega-church pastor Rod Parsley. Parsley, an advocate of prosperity teaching will be sharing the stage with notorious word/faith prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland. Tebow canceled his plans to appear at the event. That was the right...

Dr. Trueman has apparently seen this video . He responds with a very helpful post on historic Christianity and the cost of defending the truth. Still, let us go back to the fourth century and see how the `middle aged white guy’ critique measures up. Well, at the Council of Nicea in 325, many of the...

Prior to Elephant Room 2 there were a number of black pastors who expressed deep concern about two pastors as influential as Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald lending broad credibility to T.D. Jakes, an unrepentant Modalist (Jakes says now that he is not a Modalist although he is still vague and...

Voddie Baucham has written a thoughtful reflection on the recent broo-ha-ha over the Elephant Room. Baucham writes from an interesting vantage point. He was actually invited to participate in Elephant Room 2 but declined for reasons he makes clear. That decision, he found out, would have some...