How to identify a reliable preacher
According to Tullian Tchividjian, senior minister at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (PCA).
View ArticleHow should Christians think about Halloween?
Halloween has its roots in ancient Roman and Celtic harvest festivals that also celebrated the end of the life cycle and so produced celebrations for the dead. As Christianity moved through the west,...
View ArticleWalking through the Valley
This is an amazing interview with Steven Curtis Chapman about his new album, written in the aftermath of the tragic death of his adopted daughter, Maria.I especially appreciated this:I'll refer again...
View ArticleCounterfeit Gods
As I've grown in my knowledge of the Reformed faith, I've come increasingly to appreciate the Heidelberg Catechism. In its exposition of the Ten Commandments, the Catechism wisely notes that the first...
View ArticleWhy do we use our words?
An insightful post from Tim Keller. The key part:There are two very different motivations for adapting and accommodating our message to the sensibilities of a group of people. The first motive is...
View ArticleGeorge Robertson in the blogosphere
Our FPC folks got to know Dr. George Robertson, senior minister at FPC Augusta, Georgia, at my installation back in August when he preached a stirring message from Hebrews 13. Now it appears that...
View ArticlePost 600: Review of Counsel from the Cross
On these hundredth anniversary posts, I typically write on Wendell Berry. Instead, I offer you a review of Elyse Fitzpatrick and Dennis Johnson's book, Counsel from the Cross: Connecting Broken People...
View ArticleWalking in Memphis (this weekend)
I'm looking forward to preaching and teaching at Riveroaks Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Memphis (Germantown, TN) this coming weekend. I'll be doing two sessions from On Being Presbyterian on...
View ArticleLost twins?
This was funny. I particularly like the comparisons to Bob's Big Boy and Tim Allen.
View ArticleAthanasius on Praying the Psalms
Read the whole piece here. The part that struck me was this:In the Psalter you learn about yourself. You find depicted in it all the movements of your soul, all its changes, its ups and downs, its...
View ArticleI like the E Street band and all, but...
...I don't know if I'd go this far. From the Big Man himself on being in the E Street Band and playing in concert: "For me, it is a church. It is my religion. It is my belief. To bring joy and light to...
View ArticleIntroverts in the Church
Just wrote a book review at Ref21 on a new book by Adam McHugh called Introverts in the Church: Finding our Place in an Extroverted Culture.
View ArticleSanta Claus?
Some interesting thoughts from Noel Piper on why she and John did not talk about Santa with their kids.
View ArticleD. G. Hart on the Manhattan Declaration
Aside from the fact that Darryl Hart stole some of my best lines (I had tweeted on December 9, "I didn't sign the Manhattan Declaration because I don't like the Yankees or the Mets"), he has written...
View ArticleGood words from Tim Keller...
...on dealing with controversy. I especially appreciated this line: "The biggest danger of receiving criticism is not to your reputation, but to your heart."
View ArticleWho knew?
That Mississippi is the 6th happiest state in the United States? Of the top ten, it is interesting that six are in the South (Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Alabama)....
View ArticleWhat's scary...
...is that I've eaten most of these burgers. No wonder I feel the need to go on a diet. I wonder whether these burgers are like "The Machine" from the movie, The Princess Bride: each burger sucks a...
View ArticleIrony of Joseph Fletcher
Joseph Fletcher, an Episcopal priest who published the classic textbook on relativistic ethics called Situational Ethics, argued that love was the norm for Christian decision-making. In fact, his six...
View ArticleChange of Plans
I had hoped to preach at First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, through the Ten Commandments in the morning and Colossians in the evening. As I continued to pray and wrestle over these texts, how to...
View ArticleNew Year's Day
...reflections from the guy who once wrote a song called "New Year's Day": Bono, lead singer for the rock band U2, in the NY Times. As always, provocative and fascinating.
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