Brussels Pastor: ‘Our City is in Pain’ WORLD magazine talks to a Brussels pastor about the events that unfolded there yesterday. Rob Ford: 1969-2016 Toronto’s former mayor, Rob Ford, died yesterday. Though he made himself an international laughing stock, please keep his family and young children in prayer. His family has many connections to local…
We are now in our twelfth year of public schooling, and between our three children we have totaled twenty-two school years of public education. This has taken place in a limited context, of course: one primary school and one high school in one school district in one town in one province in one country. I…
The Bible Returns to Cuba This is exciting to hear! “For the first time since diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba were restored, one of the world’s largest private Bible collections was made available to all Cuban people – free and open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. – on…
This sponsored post was provided by Tabletalk magazine. 1) Regard your Muslim friend as an individual who is in as much need of salvation as any other human being, including you. Every nonbeliever must be seen as a divine appointment sent to us by God. While some will not respond, others will come to faith…
As Christians, we look with ultimate hope to our ultimate future—the sure hope that we will be with God forever in a world free of sin and all its ugly effects. Christ will return, and what He has prepared for us will be more glorious than all we can ask or even imagine. It’s the…
Logos Final 8 Logos’ March Madness is down to the final 8. Get your votes in! Keep Lexi Home Please read about Lexi, a little girl whose family attends John MacArthur’s church. From Sermon to Small Groups Tim Chester has a helpful article on tying small groups into the sermon. How Do You See Me?…
It was something of a quiet week for letters to the editor, and this despite writing an article on Roman Catholicism, typically rather a hot topic. Here are a few of the noteworthy letters: Comments on What Does It Take To Be Made a Saint? Comments on Black & Reformed Hello Sir. The article Black…
Gender Identity in Children Justin Taylor: “The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds)—a socially conservative association of pediatricians and healthcare professionals in the United States, founded in 2002—has issued the following statement on gender identity in children.” Repentance vs. Defensiveness Here are two responses to criticism and the difference between them. The Shame Culture “Some sort…
This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by The Master’s College (which, as you know, also sponsored the blog this week). There will be 5 winners this week, and each of them will receive three great items: All in all, it’s a great prize. There are 5 of them to win, so sign up now!…
Yesterday we heard the unsurprising news that Pope Francis has approved Mother Teresa for sainthood. She will be officially declared a saint this September, 19 years after her death. For Protestants like myself, this raises a couple of important questions: According to the Roman Catholic Church, what is a saint? And how can a person…
The Modesty Debate This is a very good article on the never-ending modesty debate. “We men do not need modesty laws to have a pure heart. What we need is Christ. We need to stop blaming the girls, the advertisers, the catalogs, the TV shows, and point the finger right where it belongs. At our…
Today we continue our series on the character of the Christian. We are exploring how the various character qualifications of elders are actually God’s calling on all Christians. While elders are meant to exemplify these traits, all Christians are to exhibit them. I want us to consider whether we are displaying these traits and to…
Who’s Your Daddy? “Christianity unapologetically places fathers (or father-types) at the head of the church and the table and the household, but commands that they lead with a servant’s heart with Christ as their model. The problems stem not from obeying the godly mandate, but from shirking it.” The article goes on to look at…
If you have been a Christian any length of time, you are familiar with that miraculous moment when the great curtain of the temple was torn in two. At the death of Jesus, at the very moment he drew his last breath, that curtain was ripped apart stitch-by-stitch. And not only was it ripped apart,…
Do Ask, Do Tell, Let’s Talk Cruciform Press has just released a book on this challenging subject that Ed Welch calls “an important next step for Christian literature on same-sex attraction.” You can buy it in print and ebook formats, read an extended excerpt, and for a limited time get a free copy if you’re…
Can I urge you right from the get-go to consider reading this book? I urge you to read it whether you are black and Reformed, white or Reformed, black and non-Reformed or any other combination. No matter the relationship between you and the title, I am convinced Black & Reformed is a book that will…
5 Ways Not to Tell Your Wife about Your Porn Addiction If you need to tell her, at least give her the dignity and grace of telling her well. He’s Still Risen You’ll enjoy this short video, I think. 4 Essentials for Finishing Well Now that Jerry Bridges has finished well, these words take on…
This sponsored post was prepared by The Master’s College. We give the Scripture supreme place because it honors the lordship of Christ over His Church. I’m always concerned when I go to churches or when I hear about churches where the Word of God is not taught, where Scripture is not exposited, where the whole…
Christians have had their share of social media successes in over the past few years, many of them related to identifying theological error and defending theological truth. This work has been carried on through blogs, of course, but also through Facebook and YouTube and other forms of digital communication. But for all of the success,…
More Than Feeling in Love “Don’t sit around and wonder if you’re still in love with your spouse or if your spouse is still in love with you. Just love him. Just love her. Go above and beyond to shower your marriage with the kind of love that you promised you would demonstrate for the…