Some books never lose their relevance. Here is one that could have been written yesterday: Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen . You can get this classic now for just $6.50. It is a book I highly recommend. During the 1930's Machen was one of the most notable New Testament scholars in...

I must confess that I watched the Saddleback forum with Senators McCain and Obama rather reluctantly. I am not a fan of most politicians and televised "debates" are usually not debates at all. But the Saddleback forum was different. Rather than having one minute to avoid answering a direct question...

At Saturday evening's Saddleback forum Senator Obama asserted that under George Bush abortions in the U.S. have not declined. Actually, abortions in the U.S. are at their lowest rate in decades. Check out this story from U.S. News and World Report . "The actual number of abortions dropped to a new...

I just watched the forum at Saddleback with John McCain and Barrack Obama. In my mind there is absolutely no comparison between the two candidate's performance this evening. I will let you imagine who I believe won the day. One of the men displayed a great deal of moral clarity and leadership while...

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Check out this good post from Creed or Chaos on Richard Dawkins' self-contradictory conundrum.

Check out this powerful article in, of all places, Charisma Magazine concerning Todd Bentley.

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Check out this story from Fox News about the remarkable conversion to Christ of the son of a prominent Hamas leader.

This promotion from Rod Parsley is just another reminder of how bad hermenuetics and bad theology leads to bad practice. At what point are the people in these prosperity churches going to finally say, "The only one it's working for is the guy we're giving all our money to!"? Also, instead of "sow...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn was not only a towering intellect but a courageous man. Check out these tributes: Albert Mohler He was born in 1918, the very year following the Soviet Revolution. That same year the Communist Party began to create an extensive system of political prisons and concentration...

I am letting you know up front that this post is going to make some of you mad. You will accuse me of being judgmental, critical, skeptical, etc. And, to a certain extent, you would be right. However, as someone called to be in service to the truth I believe I have to speak out when the church is...

I have posted on the division within the Anglican Communion before and will continue to because it is an historic and decisive moment in the body of Christ. Our brothers and sisters within the Anglican Communion who are holding fast to the Gospel and biblical standards of morality are taking a...

One of my favorite magazines is First Things edited by Richard John Neuhaus. While I have some rather serious theological differences with Neuhaus, a Roman Catholic priest, I am nevertheless an admirer of his outstanding magazine. In the latest issue Neuhaus critiques the recently released An...

There is no small amount of anxiety in some evangelical circles concerning the continuing relevancy of the church. In a modification of Gandhi’s famous words we are told that people “like our Jesus but they don’t like our church.” In response to the current attitudes about the church within the...

Check out this story from Fox News: Jeff Harlow, the senior pastor at Crossroads Community Church, broke his wrist when he lost control of the motorcycle at the start of Sunday's second service, driving off a 5-foot platform and into the vacant first row of seats. He underwent surgery on the wrist...

Over at Reformation 21 Sean Lucas has written an interesting post concerning Joel Osteen's massive popularity. Along the way Lucas helps us reflect on what we truly value about the Gospel. Here is a portion: I think the driving reason that Osteen is hugely popular is that he sells hope. Books like...

Check out this helfpul marriage book comparison chart produced by Nine Marks Ministries. It also includes reviews of the books. Good stuff.

Check out this review of "The Shack" by Tim Challies.

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If the whole emerging/emergent church movement seems to escape you then check out this article by Doug Brown over at Sharper Iron .

http://youtube.com/v/SIp19SjXCJw Gene Robinson the openly homosexual Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire was publically denounced recently in London. The slow clapping you hear in the background is not support for the protestor but a way to drown out his calls for repentance.

Acts 6:1-7 (cont.) 2. The Solution a) The apostles maintained their committment to their primary calling. The apostles were very clear about their calling: “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.” Later they add, “We will devote ourselves to prayer and to...