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From D. A. Carson's essay, "Challenges for the Twenty-first-century Pulpit" in the book, Preach the Word : When Paul attests [in Acts 20:27] that this is what he proclaimed to the believers in Ephesus, the Ephesian elders to whom he makes this bold asseveration know full well that he had managed...

First, a million apologies for the poor service of late. Gremlins in the software that were beyond Jeremy and myself's ability to hunt and destroy. All seems to have been fixed however and as they say, normal service is now resumed. Readers might be interested in a fascinating interview with Oliver...

To the Glory of God is the title of a new 40-day devotional through the Book of Romans, featuring daily readings from the Bible and from James Boice's masterful four-volume commentary. Published by Baker, the devotional was put together ingeniously by D. Marion Clark, who served with Dr. Boice in...

We had a most interesting fellowship meeting in our congregation last night. I, a Scot, hosted a missionary from Ireland, and had a Welshman, visiting our congregation, lead in prayer. I cannot publicise any details about the missionary, because of the area in which he and his wife are working, but...

August 26-28/Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary/Grand Rapids "The Beauty and Glory of Christ" Speakers include Iain D. Cambell, Al Martin, David Carmichael, Rick Phillips, James Grier, Joel Beeke For more information, see http://www.puritanseminary.org/conference/index.php

The Royals thundered onto the ice, taking the Cincinnati Cyclones by storm [note action verbs and puns on opponent's name]. The first period belonged to them, scoring at 3:08 and adding two more before the buzzer. In the second period, the Royals wandered off the reservation [slight politically...

I played a little soccer back in high school. Before that I was in competitive swimming. But during college and seminary years I lost just about all contact with sports. Last time I followed football the Rams were in Los Angeles . No kidding. But in February I got hooked on hockey, the Reading...

Maybe you know or don't know that Cash wrote a biography of Paul, called The Man in White. I came across a great line in the introduction as Cash recalls the research he put into the book, especially his reading of commentaries. He quips: "I discovered that the Bible can shed a lot of light on the...

The University of St Andrews this week announced that NT Wright is to resign his bishopric in Durham to take up the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity in the School of Divinity there. The announcement may be read here . You'll forgive me if I am less than enthusiastic. The Bishop of...

In my previous post on the PCRT webcast, I neglected to mention the Friday morning pre-conference, with Cornel Venema speaking on "Texts of Christ's Triumph". This, too, will be available for live video webcast. I open the preconference with a message from Hebrews 12. Then Dr. Venema gives us three...