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Charles Simeon says: "In forming our estimate of men, we are apt to look at their actions only; and even our own characters, also, we try by that standard. But it is the habit of the mind that chiefly marks the man; and by that we shall be estimated at the tribunal of our God. Doubtless actions are...

A review of Engaging with Martyn Lloyd-Jones , edited by Andrew Atherstone and David Ceri Jones (Leicester: Apollos, 2011). It is surely beyond dispute that, for good or ill, Martyn Lloyd-Jones is the pivotal figure in British evangelicalism in the twentieth century. Americans may plump for John...

A review of Engaging with Martyn Lloyd-Jones , edited by Andrew Atherstone and David Ceri Jones (Leicester: Apollos, 2011). It is surely beyond dispute that, for good or ill, Martyn Lloyd-Jones is the pivotal figure in British evangelicalism in the twentieth century. Americans may plump for John...

Happy New Year and welcome home, Anglo-Catholics! The end of one year and the beginning of the new one is a busy time for the Vatican. The Christmas celebrations entail the Pope's media exposure and huge organizational efforts, coming to a climax with the Christmas Eve mass and the urbi et orbi (i...

Happy New Year and welcome home, Anglo-Catholics! The end of one year and the beginning of the new one is a busy time for the Vatican. The Christmas celebrations entail the Pope's media exposure and huge organizational efforts, coming to a climax with the Christmas Eve mass and the urbi et orbi (i...

It's six o'clock Wednesday evening. Your church's mid-week Bible study starts in one hour but you don't feel like going. The trouble is, you can't think of a fresh excuse and you don't dare to say what you, (and several others) would like to say: "Is this really what a Bible Study is supposed to be...

It's six o'clock Wednesday evening. Your church's mid-week Bible study starts in one hour but you don't feel like going. The trouble is, you can't think of a fresh excuse and you don't dare to say what you, (and several others) would like to say: "Is this really what a Bible Study is supposed to be...

Terry Johnson, the Senior Minister of the historic Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia , has for many years produced an annual calendar of hymns and psalms for the use of his congregation on the Lord's Day. You will find a decade's worth of them here. By creating the calendar,...

Stephen Prothero, world religion prof at Boston University, not an evangelical Christian, offers an interesting observation on our generation's reluctance to engage in serious, but respectful disagreement about religion. Having said that he works hard to foster "respectful arguments" in his classes...

The Roman Catholic Church is masterful at celebrating special years: the year of Jubilee, the Holy year, the Marian year, the Year for priests, etc. In a sense, every year is a "special" occasion for something. So it was with the Pauline Year (PY). Designed to celebrate the bimillennium of the...