Blogs by Justin Taylor

The Washington Post recently interviewed Marilynne Robinson, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Gilead, and most recently, of Home. Here's how the interview begins:If you want to understand how different Marilynne Robinson is from other contemporary novelists -- how different, in... continue

Owen Strachan links to video and audio of Phil Ryken's recent talk, "The Suffering and the Glory: Pastoral Ministry in Union with Christ," as well as an interview with Phil. Owen writes:<blockquote>Pastors and seminarians in particular will benefit from Ryken's... continue

Three wise brothers--CJ Mahaney, Joshua Harris, and Jeff Purswell--have given another podcast for pastors, entitled The Pastor and His Time.If you click the link above you can see the previous podcasts:The Pastor and His ReadingThe Pastor and His Soul The... continue

The latest 9Marks newsletter is chock full of helpful interviews and resources on counseling.Also don't miss Mark Dever's audio interview with David Powlison, which I found to be very helpful. You'll hear a bit of David's testimony on how he... continue

Collin Hansen looks at the recent proceedings of the Synod of Roman Catholic bishops who have been revisiting the "inerrancy compromise" that was reached at Vatican II.... continue

R. Scott Clark has a new book out, published by P&R: Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice.Here's the heart of it: "It is the argument of this book that the Reformed confession is the only reasonable basis... continue

Phil: I just finished reading Tim's book. It's great, as expected. On Crossway's blog today they posted a link to the PDF of Clowney's original sermon.http://www.crossway.org/blog/2008/10/the-sermon-that-inspired-tim-kellers-latest-book/... continue

"Mark Dever asks church planter Mike McKinley about the travails of planting and why we should plant churches WITHOUT a vision statement."... continue

D. A. Carson at Omaha Bible Church last week:Making Sense of Suffering - Part 1Making Sense of Suffering - Part 2Making Sense of Suffering - Part 3Making Sense of Suffering - Part 4 (Gospel Reflections on Trials and Tribulations)There was... continue

A new issue of Themelios is now online.Be sure not to miss Don Carson's editorial (on the relationship between the gospel and deeds of mercy) and Carl Trueman's article on The Second Most Important Book You Will Ever Read.... continue