May 2008 Archives

    I have often felt that there is a wealth of good reading material buried away in the annals of past editions of congregational and denominational magazines. Our own denominational paper, The Monthly Record (its title has not changed... continue

As I indicated earlier, I was able to visit African Bible University in the company of my son Stephen at the end of April. His YouTube slideshow of the visit is here.    ... continue

I've been AWOL again, and after only a few posts at that.  Our family moved.  It was just next door and downhill at that, but it was still a move.  I feel I should post about the obligatory things one... continue

Just ask the folks at Calvin Theological Journal who recently reviewed a book by our friend Jelly Kapic!... continue

On Saturday last I had the privilege of preaching at the Scottish Reformed Conference, an interdenominational preaching event billed as 'Scotland's premier preaching and teaching conference'. The chairman, Rev David Carmichael of Abbeygreen Church of Scotland began proceedings by opening with... continue

Mark Johnston, whose sermons on the Apostles' Creed we are featuring just now was on Premier Radio yesterday on the topic of cessationism, here. The program can be heard as streaming audio or podcast. [Go to the link above and... continue

At home in the UK this weekend (a good weekend -- seeing the mighty Gloucester finish top of leage for the third time in six years, at least in the regular season), I picked up a copy of Andrew Marr's excellent... continue

Many readers of this blog are familiar with Martyn Lloyd-Jones' instruction to preaching the Gospel to ourselves. In his book, Spiritual Depression (pp. 20-21), Lloyd-Jones said:Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact... continue

Today, in my morning worship, the section of scripture was Romans 9-11 and smack dab in the middle of it, of course, were these words from Romans 10:14. There were a number of thoughts that struck me:1) While we rightly... continue

My good friend, Joe Holland, pointed out to me (in a "down" moment at Presbytery yesterday) a fascinating piece in Thomas Boston's Memoirs (Vol. XII of The Complete Works of Thomas Boston [Tentmaker, 2002]): "Having been advised before to cut... continue