July 2007 Archives

Even a brief perusal of the Fall 2007 Eerdmans Books for Young Readers shows how far the publisher's mission has moved, not to say strayed, from its Reformed and evangelical heritage.  To be sure, there are promising titles in the catalog.  But... continue

A week or two ago I made a post on a new biography of C. Stacey Woods.  Here is a characteristic quotation from his message "A Single Eye," first given at the Urbana Conference in 1954:"If a Christian has a... continue

Writing in USA Today this week, Skidmore College's Mary Zeiss Stange argues that Martin Luther would join her in blessing same-sex unions.  The basic argument for this is as conventional as it is false, namely, that the genius of the Reformation... continue

Rev Bryan Follis of Belfast kindly sent me a copy of his new book, Truth with Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer (Crossway). I was very moved (convicted?) by the conclusion of the book:... continue

Martin Downes, the great Welsh ecumenist, brought this article in The Times to my attention.  As Tipton and Oliphint exclude Trueman from the congregation of the faithful, so the Pope now excludes everyone outside his own communion:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2056515.eceLooks like this Pope... continue

I see that K Scott Oliphint and Lane G Tipton have published a new book, Revelation and Reason: New Essays in Reformed APologetics (P and R).   It seems that every member of Westminster's Theological Field was invited to contribute, with... continue

Paul Helm has posted his analysis of N. T. Wright's ordo salutis on his blog. His conclusion?"With the help of the distinctions between temporal and logical order, and events and states, we are able to see that Wright's view of... continue

Rick Phillips made the mistake of asking me to give the charge at his installation as the twelfth senior minister of the Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC.I chose the (admittedly unusual and presumably unprecedented) text of Hebrews 4:9-11 and... continue

"You don't have to be big.  You don't have to be flash.  You just have to be the church." ... continue

It was a privilege to attend Rick Phillips's installation service last night at the Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville (South Carolina).  Sinclair Ferguson preached from 1 Thessalonians 1 on "Becoming a Model Church" and was in his usual good form.  In... continue