Blogs by Rick Phillips

Thanks, Carl, for the link to the Wright-Neuhaus.  Despite, as you point out, the increasingly whiny stance of NTW's self-defense, you have to admit that he is pretty feisty.  My favorite, second to his insinuation that Neuhaus was projecting his... continue

I was alerted by Scott Clark's blog to a year-old article by Sally Morgenthaler in which she declares the worship-evangelism mega-church experiment, of which she was such a proponent, to be a failure.  After a generation of seeker-sensitive consumer-driven worship,... continue

The Presbyterian Layman reports that after first voting to remove "homosexual perversion" from the list of sins found in the Heidelberg Confession, the PC(USA) then approved a $2 million warchest to wage legal combat against the New Wineskins group (a... continue

I had the privilege yesterday, along with the other elders of Second Church, of spending the afternoon and evening (before and after evening worship) hearing professions of faith from applicants for membership in our church.  As is usual for a city church,... continue

Now that summer is actually here, I can add my summer reading list.  Part of this is based on my delusion that summer will actually slow things down!  I always plan my reading in categories, trying to do regular devotional,... continue

The Christian calendar practiced by most evangelicals today is extremely illuminating.  What it shows is our generally weak appreciation for the fullness of Christ's saving work.  Two big holidays occupy our minds completely: Christmas and Easter.  So we focus on... continue

Having preached a sermon that touched in part on the Christian Sabbath (the text was John 5:9-18), I followed it up with a pastor's letter that gave advice to those learning to keep the Sabbath.  I though it might be... continue

Last night I began a Wednesday night series on 1 Timothy.  My main topic last night was apostolicity, drawing from Paul's salutation.  I am often struck by how significant some of these issues are and how poorly they are appreciated... continue

We had a great weekend in Atlanta for round 2 of this year's Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology.  The messages were simply great and, well, it was PCRT.  The spiritual intensity was at its usually high pitch.  My thanks to... continue

I greatly enjoyed attending the Twin Lakes Fellowship outside Jackson, MS last week.  Seeing that the audios are on-line, I thought I would make the information available to our readers.  I came late and so missed half of the messages. ... continue