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Recently I read Otherwise , a collection of new and selected poems by Jane Kenyon, including the last poems she wrote before dying of leukemia in 1995. One of my favorite Kenyon poems is "Man Sleeping," a short piece that calls us to care for the homeless:

With the great demographic shift to the southern hemisphere in terms of evangelical Christianity, the issue of listening to the voices of brothers and sisters from these newly significant areas is a pressing one. But I want to raise some concerns.

This morning I came downstairs to find two of the young women in my life (age 2 and age 4, respectively), lifting up hockey sticks in the entry way and singing loud "Hallelujahs!" The word "Hallelujah" was sung frequently last Sunday, from the first strains of "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" to...

Charles Spurgeon's sermon "Christ's First and Last Subject" is on repentance, which Christ preached both at the beginning (see Matthew 4:17) and at the end (see Luke 24:47) of his earthly ministry. Spurgeon's taxonomy of true and saving repentance is a good one -- something preachers can use and...

For the last several years Tenth Church has been performing a concert on the evening of Good Friday -- something that has proven to be a suitable recognition of the day and an effective outreach to our Center City community. This year's concert featured the Concerto in D Major for Violin and...

The ESV blog posts about Crossway's forthcoming Literary Study Bible , edited by Leland Ryken and Philip Ryken.

Lee Irons : Today I learned that my favorite seminary professor passed away peacefully last night after a long illness. He taught me much about the covenantal and typological structure of the Scriptures. Most of all I will miss his sweet joy and his childlike trust in the inheritance-earning merit...

Readers may wish to follow this link to read a tribute to Meredith Kline written by Lee Irons. [ Linked by permission ]

My entrance into the blogosphere will be sporadic over the next week or two as I prepare to speak at the Women in the Church leadership and Mission to North America mercy ministry conferences in Atlanta on Friday, April 20, and then travel to Grand Rapids for the next installment of the 2007...

Here's an exciting new work: The Council of Reforming Churches . Goals The Council of Reforming Churches (CRC) exists to impact the black church and greater black community with biblical theology which has its fulfillment in the Person and work of Jesus Christ. Our aim is to see reformed theology...