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A correspondent with much closer first-hand knowledge of missionary work in Kazakhstan has written to say that although he shares my frustration with Borat , he is not convinced that the film will prove to be much of a setback for gospel work there. In the interests of cultural understanding, I am...

I don't want to make any comment on the details of the Haggard case; but I was struck by the comment of one member of his church, to the effect that `I put all my faith in him.'

This morning in the Atlanta airport, I read a USA Today article on the Ted Haggard fiasco. I was struck by a comment that seems to reflect much of the sentiment at his church: "This is a great moment to show what grace is all about!" No doubt, the falling of a Christian leader does present us an...

Over the past few years, I have witnessed the fall of several colleagues, some of which have had catastrophic consequences, two of whom are still serving prison sentences. In most cases, I never saw it coming. It occurs to me as I have reflected on this over the past few days that each one has had...

Excellent thoughts, brothers. Even though many of us didn't look to Ted Haggard as our of our leaders or influencers, it is still an incredibly sad and shameful situation. "If one member suffers, all suffer together" (1 Cor. 12:26). I'd like to commend Tim Challies' post on the scandal. I thought...

It seems to me that the blogosphere reaction to the Ted Haggard scandal is breaking two ways. On one side are those who utterly denounce the man and see in him a glaring example of everything wrong in popular evangelicalism today. On the other side are those who want to stress that we are all...

While driving to and from a presbytery meeting tonight, I listened to Scot McKnight's address on the Emerging Church Movement from Westminster Theological Seminary's Emerging Church Forum . I highly recommend the address as a friendly introduction to the topic. Here are some of my reflections:

In the wake of the Ted Haggard scandal, Crossway Books has granted permission for us to post an early version of C. J. Mahaney's message to pastors, forthcoming as a chapter in the T4G book, Preaching the Cross , ed. Mark Dever. So for a limited time, C.J.'s Watch Your Life and Doctrine address is...

I think I'm going to sue Jeremy for defamation in his latest article on Ref21 where I think I see myself pilloried. I may have a 32 inch waist, and he flatters me by saying I'm even an average preacher, but a half-marathon is no challenge -- barely a sweat breaker. No wonder the church here is in...

Last week a New Jersey fisherman found a plastic bag full of letters in the surf off Atlantic City. There were about 300 letters in the bag -- some dating back to the early 1970's -- all addressed to the Reverend Grady Cooper, now deceased. Many of the letters asked for prayer, and perhaps the most...