In Non-Essentials Liberty?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 7, 2021
“In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity” ( In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas ). That statement has often been attributed to St. Augustine who almost certainly did not say it. It seems to have its origins in the 17th century either from...

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Patrick Ramsey
Jul 7, 2021
The midday sun beating down upon him was becoming unbearable. Having just passed the 13-mile marker, with 13 more miles to go, he wondered what he was thinking when he signed up to run a marathon. At the 18 th mile, his run is a brisk walk. One mile later, his brisk walk is no longer brisk...
A Contemplative Isaiah

Contemplating God with the Great Tradition

Mortification of Spin
Jul 7, 2021
Once again Carl and Todd welcome a guest brave enough to make a return visit to the lions’ den. Craig Carter is research professor of theology at Tyndale University and theologian in residence at Westney Heights Baptist Church in Ajax, Ontario. Craig is renowned for producing some very fine work on...
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A Clear Message from the 48th General Assembly of the PCA

Todd Pruitt
Jul 5, 2021
The 48th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America was held in St. Louis last week (June 29-July 1) and so far, the dust has not yet settled. Having missed a year because of the COVID crisis many of us were eager to address issues which had been causing controversy in our denomination...

How Did Christ Descend?

Mark Johnston
Jun 30, 2021
There is nothing more central to the Christian message than the cross of Christ. It is there in the shadows of the Old Testament. It explodes to the fore in the New, dominating the landscape of the Gospel records. And from the very first sermon preached by Peter on the Day of Pentecost it becomes...
Wycliffe on Being a Pastor

Wycliffe on Being a Pastor

Mortification of Spin
Jun 30, 2021
After Carl’s Freudian slip concerning his being a pastor, our resident professor/minister/author quickly recovers and gets back on track by introducing his sidekick and their special guest. Benjamin Fischer is a missionary priest of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, rector of Christ the Redeemer, a...
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My Adventure in Open Air Preaching

Brad Evans
Jun 28, 2021
Memorial Day 2018. I stood in Union Square, New York City, attached to a personal voice amplification system. I was nervous. I opened my Bible and stepped forward, lifted my voice and began to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. Strangers passed by. Some stopped to listen. A few hecklers showed up...

Live Not by Lies

Louis Markos
Jun 24, 2021
Rod Dreher , Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (Sentinel, 2020), 256 pp., hardcover, $27.00 Published posthumously in Christian Reflections , “The Funeral of a Great Myth” is one of C. S. Lewis’s most perceptive and provocative essays. The “great myth” of the title is evolution,...
Letters, We Get Your Letters

The Manifesto Jubilee

Mortification of Spin
Jun 23, 2021
With the PCA General Assembly approaching soon, Todd needs to decompress…so, Carl meets him at our mythical “local pub” to act as his therapist. Of course, Professor Trueman doesn’t miss the chance to snub his old friend, and “rub in” the fact that Todd belongs to a boring and uncontroversial...
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Run Together

Patrick Ramsey
Jun 23, 2021
Although it was over twenty-five years ago, I still remember a track race one of my older brothers ran during his senior year. He was scheduled to run the final 800m race at the Nova Scotia Provincial Track Meet. There were two heats for the final and unfortunately, my brother was placed in the...