Resolutions re: the tongue
In an address at the recent Desiring God Conference, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson listed 20 resolutions drawn from the book of James (in the style of Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions) “that need to be part of...
View ArticleAdvent of humility
What a great Christmas gift Tim Keller and Christianity Today have given us in his article on humility in the December issue. I think this is worth reading and re-reading to the point of memorization....
View ArticleCream of blog: 20 May 2009
Ross Douthat in The New York Times on why the popularity of Dan Brown (author of The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons) provides insight into prevailing attitudes toward religion in America. David...
View ArticleCoffee with Lewis: a little blacker
Lewis writes this in Mere Christianity. It speaks to a characteristic of too much of our political discourse these days from pundits and talk radio. It also speaks to many of our personal relationships...
View ArticleHelp me to judge rightly
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s...
View ArticleElliott Greene on manipulation
One of our favorite preachers, Dr. Elliott Greene of the Tyrannus Hall Foundation for Pastoral Development, has an address from the 2008 CCEF National Conference posted at their website: Manipulation:...
View ArticleHypersocialized
Great article by Dr. Albert Mohler on “The Hypersocialized Generation”–those for whom Twittering and Facebook updating and texting are as familiar and essential as breathing. Parents of teens...
View ArticleHello…hello again.
Nate Barksdale at Cardus comments on how the intersection of technology, language, etiquette, and culture transformed “HELLO” from a vulgar boatsman’s call to a nearly universal, everyday greeting–all...
View ArticleYou say awesome, I say awful
One of our favorite hymns begins, How sweet and awful is the place with Christ within the doors. Well, John Newton wrote it that way. The editors of the 1990 Trinity Hymnal “updated” it so that now we...
View ArticleCross and criticism
Few things in life are more difficult to handle rightly than criticism. How hard it is to speak and to respond in a gospel-centered way. As a pastor, I am a frequent recipient of criticism–the...
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