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Trueman wasn't actually at the assembly; I was standing in for him. And I too had a horrific return journey -- plane cancelled at Charlotte at 11.15 pm, followed by a 600 mile through-the-night car journey with a former Clinton advisor in a rental car whom I had never me before but shared a similar...

From an email by Wayne Grudem (posted with permission): I just learned this morning that Harold O. J. ("Joe") Brown, professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary - Charlotte, NC, and a long-time friend, is gravely ill. His cancer from several years ago has returned and a tumor is...

Back in the UK I hear rumours that a certain well-known Welsh Baptist minister who read a piece I wrote in Themelios on J I Packer and the Anglo-Welsh evangelical crisis of 1966, has been heard to lament loudly at a recent conference (with more than a little Celtic irony), `What a disaster!...

Lunchtime conversations with minister friends in London indicates that the storm about Steve Chalke and penal substitution rumbles on in the UK. There are dark rumours of a certain well-known Christian book chain boycotting a popular presentation of the doctrine; there are whispers of other...

The guys at 9 Marks are now blogging: blog.9marks.org . The blog is called "Church Matters." Mark Dever contributes the opening post. Here's an excerpt: This blog is dedicated to discussion of matters pertaining to the church because church matters. 9marks provides a basic framework that we can all...

A concerned reader from London has raised the issue of whether Hollywood celebrities have been muscling in on PCA debates about the federal vision, and offers the following photographic evidence that former Hollywood wild boy Rob Lowe and upstanding Dabney scholar and Dean of Covenant, Sean Lucas,...

Last week at General Assembly I spoke at a luncheon for pastors of English ministries in Korean-American churches. My topic was "How the Devil Wants to Run Your Church." Reverend Billy Park tells me that he has posted pictures and audio links at: http://reforming.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/korean-...

Recent posts (or the lack thereof) suggest that we are already into the dog days of summer. I hope to make a few contributions soon, but not until after I return from today's and tomorrow's trip to Minneapolis to lead a pre-conference on biblical exposition for the national convention of the...

Desiring God is hosting a remarkable sale: any of their books for $5, no limits. The online sale just opened , and will last through Thursday, June 28.

Our friends at 9Marks have produced another must-read newsletter. You can access it at the 9Marks webpage , or download a PDF version .