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Well, blow me down, here's another Trueman (a third) writing an intorduction to yet another little piece on Barth. One of these Trueman's needs to give us some pointers as to why we should be messing with this errant child! I mean, what can we learn from this man except that those who have embarced...

Well, brother Del, what a week! First of all we find out that Trueman, that arch opponent of consumerist eclecticism has an iPod, and now we see that he has edited a book on Barth with his old friend and leading UK Barthian systematician, Neil MacDonald!! There is only one possible explanation:...

A geezer from Pekham village told me that he'd just come across this magnificent little primer on Karl Barth by some one called Neil MacDonald and Carl Trueman! Now, as me ole mother used to say, there's nowt as odd as folk, this can't surely be the same Trueman, the one what trashed Barth...

Like Ligon, I am spending most of the week at the Pastor's Colloquium sponsored by The Gospel Coalition -- 40+ pastors from across the country who are committed to evangelical essentials and who gather once a year to encourage one another in ministry. One of today's highlights was Tim Keller's...

I came across this quote in reading Charles Briggs's infamous inaugural address, "The Authority of Holy Scripture" (1891), the address that led to his ouster from the PCUSA: "[The theory of inerrancy] is a ghost of modern evangelicalism to frighten children." So I asked my five-year old and...

I'm grateful for Ligon's reminder of Ezra 7:10 as providing an ABC for basic discipleship (study, live, teach) -- especially since this is one of my life verses for ministry. To take the thought one step farther, it is only the grace of Jesus that enables us to follow this life pattern. In Jesus we...

My friend, Stewart Edwards, President of a wonderful organization called French Camp , recently wrote this in a newsletter: Robert Lowry (1826-1899) had it right. A Baptist minister who penned over 500 hymns, many of which are still sung in churches today, he had a deep understanding of the power...

Recent rumors to the contrary, Ligon Duncan is still a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church in America. I can vouch for him, having recently heard him referred to in the Philadelphia Presbytery as one of the "modern-day fathers of the church."

The body of my friend Tim Eimer is weakened by what may be a fatal cancer. His spirit is finding strength in the gospel. Recently he wrote this practical exhortation: "In recent years, God has taught me not to hold on to my life so dearly. For what we cling so desperately to, we soon begin to fret...

I appreciated Ligon's reference to Derek's sermon on Ezra, and the need for us to match our personal performance with our pulpit ministry ('Study. Live. Preach', below). That thought was on my own mind recently as I've been reading through John Allen's biography of Demond Tutu - Rabble-Rouser for...