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Apparently, a church in Oregon is suing a former member and her daughter for defamation on a blog.  Apart from the difficulty of mounting a successful suit for defamation under the US's admirably lax defamation laws (where not only factual...

One of the most enjoyable aspects of preaching is the way that it forces one to look in more detail at biblical texts than one would typically so do; and this often throws up odd textual peculiarities and apparent throwaway...

This Friday, Proclamation Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Bryn Mawr, PA, is hosting a lecture by Iain Murray on Doctor Lloyd-Jones.  You can find the details here.This last Friday, I had the privilege of being in Vancouver to give Dr. James...

Recently I read a helpful and challenging new book by Dr. Joel Beeke and James La Belle entitled Living Zealously. I highly recommend this volume, which draws from the writings of several Puritans on the subject of zeal and is...

We are in the full flush of a church planting frenzy here in the UK. It's a great thing that so many gospel churches have been planted in the last 10 years and over that we rejoice. There's no doubt...

This morning while I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the work of ministry for this week, I "happened" to grab Richard Baxter's book entitled The Reformed Pastor and was encouraged when I read the following words,   Is...

For those who may be interested, here is a link to the sermons that Paul Washer preached at our Southern New England Reformation Conference. The Holy Spirit was pleased to own our brother's preaching with much power and boldness. Truly, I...

Wilhelmus à Brakel offers some good advice to the gospel minister:He ought to use all his scholarship to formulate the matters to be presented, in order that he might express them in the clearest and most powerful manner. While using...

Not to be outdone in terms of the new passion for evangelical non-celebrity book tours, here is a shot of me flogging a copy of my book to one of the men I most admire.  His smile clearly indicates his...

One of the striking things about modern society is the lack of respect it shows for hierarchies and institutions.  I do not see this, as some appear to do, as a unique contribution of this age.  For all the trumpeting...

Consider the man born into a family of terrorists. The man's father had rebelled against the King of the kingdom in which he lived, and - having so rebelled - all his posterity were brought up to hate and fight...

Frans Bakker in his book 'Praying Always' reflects on David and Bathsheba and states, 'The Lord sometimes causes the consequences of sin to remain, even though forgiveness has been granted. Thus he keeps his people humble. A bitter aftertaste is...

Our friends at Christ the Center captured some of this year's PCRT with this interview. Enjoy!...

Editors' Note: This post was written by John Perritt (M.Div; Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson), who is the Youth Pastor at Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church in Ridgeland, MS.  In addition to his pastor duties, he is currently working on biblical counseling certificates...

Reading both Doug Sweeney's post and Bill Evans' comments, I find much with which I agree.  One thing, however, perturbs me slightly and that is what was not said.  Of course, no-one can say everything on a subject so this...