Garrett Kell finds a Pattern Among Fallen Pastors. He describes a study that looked at 246 pastors who had experienced moral failure and points to the common patterns. Erik Raymond is one of my favorite bloggers, and just yesterday he moved his blog over to The Gospel Coalition; adjust your bookmarks accordingly! This simple comic…
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I am in the enjoyable position of receiving copies of most of the latest and greatest Christian books, and with a new year comes a whole new batch of books that qualify as notable. Here are a few of the highlights that have shown up in my mailbox recently. Tough Topics 2: Biblical Answers to…
Warming Up Your Car – The current cold snap seems like a good context to share this article about the myth of warming up your car on a cold day. Three Relationship Rules – You may appreciate these three relationship rules from Ed Welch. A Three-Parent Baby – How do you make a baby from…
The “I love you.” You know the words, and you know the weight they carry. Recently Aileen and I were remembering back to the first time we said those words to one another. Each of us already knew how the other felt, but that did nothing to temper the thrill of actually voicing it and…
6 Rules of Cultural Engagement – Joe Thorn offers guidance on engaging the culture around us. Congratulating Wesleyan – Carl Trueman congratulates Wesleyan for a ridiculous new step forward in the sexual revolution. The Medium is the Message – Here’s a helpful 2-minute summary of Marshall McLuhan’s famous aphorism, “The medium is the message.” Don’t…
There is nothing my dog won’t do for food. There is no command she won’t obey when we are looking, and no rule she won’t break when we are looking away, if only she can get a bit of food in her belly. I guess it is hard to fault her since, as a Lab,…
How Well Do You Know Your Bible? – The new issue of Credo magazine is now available for free online reading or download. This issue’s subject: How Well Do You Know Your Bible? That Malaysia Airlines Plane – This guy thinks he knows where that missing Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared to. It seems more than…
The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied—it’s meant also to be sung. What the people of God believe shapes the way we worship, and how we worship shapes how we practice our faith. Church musicians and lyricists who have crafted hymns with deep biblical content and soul-stirring arrangements have been of…
We are witnesses today to a massive culture shift. Things we used to hold sacred are now subject to mockery; evils we would never even have dreamed of are now regarded as normal and beautiful. And everywhere we look, Christians are on the front lines—whether they like it or not, they are on the front…
A Young Earth – Steve Ham: “I do believe the Bible gives ample justification for calculating the age of the earth at around 6,000 years and for seeing six normal 24-hour days in the week of creation.” A Plea for Sanity – Mike Wittmer offers a plea for sanity at a time when people’s lives…
I want to be good at good. In fact, I want to be an expert in good. At least, I do when I’m at my best. But in moments of introspection I see a real interest in evil as well. These desires battle within me, the desire to fill my mind with good and the…
A Plea For Gospel Sanity in Missions – I regard this as a very important article. Aubrey Sequeira writes about overseas pastors who are deceiving North Americans into supporting their work. Make sure you read to the end! Whose History Is It Anyways? – Does historical accuracy really matter when it comes to film? You…
This week I read some of Richard Sibbe’s work The Love of Christ and was struck by an excerpt from one of his sermons in which he writes about the presence of Christ in and among his people. Here is how he wants to encourage you: What a comfort is this to Christians, that they…
Carl Trueman has wise words about Bondage to Pornography. “One would not allow alcoholics to have the last word on liquor licensing laws or crack addicts on drug policy. Yet when it comes to sexual morality, that is the kind of world in which we now live.” This is a good one: Spurgeon on Christians…
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McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson – I enjoyed reading this longform article on [soon to be former] McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson. The Gospel in the Dominican Republic – I’m thankful for this series from TGC on how the gospel is going forth in different countries from around the world. The Hopes of Central High – Sports…
Sin. I can’t live with it, but time and time again I have proven that I’m just not able to live without it. I know that I have been freed from sin—freed from the power of sin—and yet I still sin. The Bible tells me not to let sin reign, it tells me that if…
Connecting with the Conference – I’m at Ligonier Ministries’ National Conference this week; for those who can’t make it, here are some ways to connect during the event. When Bible Reading Feels Like a Chore – Here are 3 reasons your Bible reading may feel like a chore. Keep Your Greek – Sign up for…
I was having a tough day. Not one of those terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad days. Just a tough day. A trying day. A long day. Mostly that—a long day. A friend stepped into my office for just a couple of moments and we spoke about a ministry that concerns us both. I guess she…