Reformation21

Especially since we have a feature on Charles Spurgeon in this month's issue of Reformation21, it seems like a good time to quote from that worthy London Baptist once again. As I have been preaching through Luke over the last several years I have tried to read all of the many sermons that Spurgeon...

Thanks Phil! Readers might like to note that two additional items have been added since last week: an extra article on Spurgeon and aiming for conversions in preaching written by Jonathan Watson (General Editor of The Banner of Truth Trust). {Some day, I must relate to you a practical joke he did...

9Marks has a new newsletter online [ PDF ]. Here's a teaser: This issue of 9News and the next are devoted to the topic of elders. This month, we asked a number of thoughtful pastors like John MacArthur, Alexander Strauch, Tom Schreiner, Sinclair Ferguson, and others what lessons they had learned in...

Pray for Alistair Begg, who announces here that he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer .

The next stop on our tour through proverbial masculinity is self-control . Proverbs 16:32 tells us, "Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city." Self-control is especially important in relationships, such as in marriage. The reality is...

I have received some complaints that my interaction with Phil Ryken (see below, 1/29/07) on patriarchy represents a capitulation on the issue of biblically-mandated male leadership. My comment on use of the term "patriarchy" was made more or less in passing, so it may be helpful for me to expand a...

As I may have mentioned in a previous post, Makoto Fujimura is a brilliant New York artist whose deeply Christian work represents a synthesis of ancient Japanese techniques with Western styles. Fujimura distributes occasional essays on Christianity and the arts under the title "Refractions" (his...

Yesterday, J. Alan Groves entered into the glory of his Lord after a long struggle with cancer. Al was professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, a fervent and humble disciple of Jesus Christ, and a warm friend to all who knew him. We mourn with his wife, Libbie, and his family...

There is an obituary of J Alan Groves posted on the Westminster website, www.wts.edu , and a moving account of his last day on the family blog at www.algroves.info . In times of such loss, it is good to remember that Christianity is not a religion of healing -- such has nothing to say in the face...

In line with recent practice, we have asked a celebrity cab driver to speak on an issue of the hour. This week: Should Derek Thomas be sacked for not bothering to change the blog question more than once a year? We are pleased to have the opinion of Reg Presley -- no, not the lead singer of sixties...