September 2006 Archives

I am just back in Philadelphia this morning from an overnight trip to Florida, where I participated in the ordination service for a friend from Tenth (Andrew DiNardo) who now serves with Rick Phillips at First Presbyterian Church in Coral... continue

I am just back from one of Carl Trueman's haunts: tell it not in Gath, but I slept in his bed! I refer to a trip to Canada for Sola Scriptura Ministries, and my good friend Heinz D. Now, I'd... continue

Here is a report from Kigali, Rwanda, regarding the latest moves by conservative evangelical Anglicans to shore up a structure for fidelity within the worldwide Anglican communion. Here is how it was reported in the Times (London).... continue

Desmond Tutu's former press secretary has just published a biography of this well known anti-apartheid warrior. Among other things, Allen indicates Tutu's chagrin at the Anglican communion's failure to embrace homosexual priests (Tutu wrote the former Archbishop of Canterbury and... continue

My visit to Covenant PCA in Fayetteville, NC to speak at the "Bearing the Sword" conference provided some quite edifying conversations and incidents.  A high proportion of the church members are active duty soldiers stationed at nearby Ft. Bragg, many... continue

CT's cover story on Calvinism--Young, Restless, and Reformed--is now online.... continue

Reformed Heritage Books has just released an unabridged paperback edition of John Owen's classic work on The Doctrine of Justification by Faith. You can order it online. Below is the copy from the back cover."John Owen presents one of the... continue

Another principle for racial reconciliation from Dolphus Weary:"Relationships are the key. By definition, reconciliation is relational: first with God, then with each other. Reconciliation does not automatically happen because we preach it, discuss it, or write books about it. Reconciliation... continue

While fearing that this continued discussion may start to seem, well, tortuous, I want to respond to some mail that asked for an exegetical defense of my claim that Christians should oppose torture.  Let me give a brief one, which... continue

Yesterday NBC TV confirmed that it is planning to air footage from Madonna's "Confessions" tour in which Madonna wears a crown of thorns and is mounted on a mirror-laden cross while she is raised up from the stage.  NBC, which... continue