When considering the qualifications for elders, “able to teach” is often recognized as the one qualification uniquely required for the office (1 Tim. 3:2, Tit. 1:9). Certainly, the unique role of elders centers on “the ministry of the word” (Acts…
In remembrance of his late mother, the 19th century Southern Presbyterian B.M. Palmer wrote, “Ah! We have but one mother on earth. Who can replace her in our thought? She who bore us in the walls of her flesh, in…
Today there is a void of serious teaching about holiness in life. There is, of course, a general teaching on holiness that everyone agrees on. “Let us be holy,” they say, “we need to be more holy. Why not have…
“Are you going to the dogs this year?” was the question put to me. I suppose my initial reaction was that I should respond in the affirmative. I tend to think that I am making little progress in anything as…
Books about Augustine and his theology seem to multiply without end, and the first task of anyone writing about him must be to define why a new work is required. Mark Ellingsen rises to this challenge, explaining that his main…
This review originally appeared in the January 2005 9Marks newsletter. We are grateful for their permission to republish it hereI) Introduction Books on living the Christian life are a dime a dozen. The shelves of Christian bookstores bow under the…
