Blogs by Phil Ryken

Don Hall is our poet laureate.  A recent edition of his collected poems includes a lyric for these pluralistic times.  Hall writes:The times are propitious for fake religions.Today let's decide which priest, beauty, athlete,moviestar, or Jungian to celebrate     by electing himGod. Hype... continue

I was deeply blessed by the corporate worship at Chongshin Theological Seminary (near Seoul).  Services were typically led by students, although sometimes also by faculty.  Korean prayer times are intense, often with everyone in the congregation praying out loud simultaneously. ... continue

From Charles Spurgeon's sermon "Christ the Cure for Troubled Hearts":"I hear another one say, 'But suppose I have committed the unpardonable sin;' to which I answer, 'But suppose you have not;' and there is just as much reason for supposing... continue

The reputation that the Korean church has for Christian hospitality is well deserved.  From the moment that I arrived in Seoul, I was generously cared for in every way: warm greetings, respectful bows, spacious accommodations, delicious food, engaging conversation, and --... continue

I have only recently returned from a week-long trip to Chongshin Seminary in South Korea.  Incidentally, I regret my sudden and unannounced disappearance from the blog -- it is almost as hard to get away as it is to return. ... continue

The Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has chided his conservative Anglican bishops in Africa and elsewhere for openly criticizing the U. S. Episcopal Church's acceptance of openly gay clergy and same-sex unions.  He says, "There is one... continue

An excerpt from this week's sermon on Luke 24:1-12, a propos of James Cameron and the "The Lost Tomb of Christ."How could the women know that this was true? As far as they were concerned, Jesus was still missing. How... continue

I am very pleased to announce that Dan Doriani's commentary on James has just been released -- a very handsome volume.  In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that it is in the Reformed Expository Commentary series that... continue

No doubt the blogosphere will be agog today over James Cameron's announcement (he of Titanic fame) that he has found the tomb of Jesus (and his son, of all people).  The first advance notice I saw of today's press conference... continue

In doing a little research on William Wilberforce this week (in anticipation of this week's release of the film Amazing Grace, which marks the 200th anniversary of the slave trade in the British Empire), I stumbled across a quotation that... continue