Thank God for Bandit Country
One question that I have now been asked more times than I care to remember is “How do you cope with all the nastiness that’s come your way on the internet over the last few years?” The answer is pretty…
Tag Christianity and Culture
Concerning the Care of Souls
Concerning the True Care of SoulsBy Martin Bucer218 p.Banner of Truth (November 2009) 72 544×376 Normal 0 false false false “When you join our church, don’t expect traditional shepherding care from the pastors. You must understand that we’ve made a…
Messiahs Pointing to the Door
There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…
Messiahs Pointing to the Door
There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…
Trapped in Neverland
Growing up, I adored my grandfather. He was probably the funniest man I ever knew, with a razor sharp wit, absurdism and satire running through his veins, and an imagination that seemed to know no bounds. His letters to me…
Calvinistic Methodism and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Americans occasionally pass through London, and as there is a famine of Presbyterian churches in the Big smoke, they often find their way to our congregation whilst travelling round Scotland, England and France in 3 days!! After the service I’m…
The Advantage of Virtual Church
It’s fantastic John Piper normally preaches but also CJ Mahaney, Mark Driscoll, Terry Virgo and other greats. For the last 2 years I’ve been in charge of booking speakers and I’ve done a pretty good job in getting nothing but…
The Digitization of Sinaiticus and its Media Beepbop
According to the online Urban Dictionary, the word ‘beepbop’ is not really a word at all: it is a nonsense word to be used only when you want to really annoy someone. In that case, the British Broadcasting Corporation, otherwise…
Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World
Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen WorldEdited by C.J. MahaneyForeword by John PiperCrossway Books (September 2008)192 p. A broken leg gets more attention than the nagging pain in your side. But the attention we give to an illness is…
Watching Movies to the Glory of God
Our God is a storytelling God. Much of the Bible is narrative, and a lot of that narrative is something that would give our children nightmares. I was 18 years old when I first read the story of the Levite’s…