If you’ve read any of my posts you will know a bit about the influence of the Church of England’s evangelicalism has had in shaping my way of theology and ministry. When I use the rather long term, “39-article-evangelical-anglican”, to describe myself I like to think that I am standing within the tent occupied by… [Read more…]
January 25, 2012
The ten to fifteen hours of weekly sermon preparation have made posting a blog quite a challenge. I enjoy writing, but my teaching and preaching in the local congregation to which God called me must come first. The other week I was asked by one of our life group leaders if I could recommend any… [Read more…]
September 29, 2011
Calvin’s Institutes make great devotional reading. My practice of reading slowly and aloud has really made Calvin’s felicity of expression leap off the page. This week I began his chapter that critiques the use of statues and images by the medieval church. Here’s what he wrote about crosses. Read this aloud. You can hear the… [Read more…]
September 27, 2011
Nearly everyone who attended the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, last year (2010) agreed that the testimony of the young North Korean woman was one of the dramatic high points of the gathering. Her story of sacrifice, anger, salvation, and courage must be seen by every committed Christian. Not only is she inspiring,… [Read more…]
September 26, 2011
I have just put down a very well-written biography of Charles Hodge. He was the principal Reformed theologian of Princeton Theological Seminary for over 50 years. Irenic and ecumenical, influential Episcopalians John Johns and Charles McIlvaine were Hodge’s lifelong friends. There is much to commend the biography to you. You really get a sense… [Read more…]
August 17, 2011
The older I am, the further I seem to fall short; the more conscious I become of my need of grace. That’s why I have been so blessed in the writing of Works Worth Declaring by Douglas Taylor. Douglas is dying of an inoperable cancer. I look for his entries every day. He along with… [Read more…]
July 28, 2011
Yesterday, July 27, 2011 at 1515hrs GMT, that quiet lion of the gospel John R. W. Stott, left this frail flesh behind and entered into the glory of Christ. About the time he was leaving the Church militant for the Church triumphant, I was journaling through Romans 12.1-2 with his commentary (in the Bible Speaks… [Read more…]
July 26, 2011
I have just heard that a brother-in-Christ I admired from afar, Douglas Taylor, Assistant Editor at the Banner of Truth for more than 14 years, was recently diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. On Tuesday June 7, 2011, Douglas began a blog that can be accessed here, in which he explains his motivation for writing and the intriguing title… [Read more…]
July 5, 2011
One of my vacation authors is Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. He was called “The Doctor” by those who knew him. You can find out more about him at the Martyn Lloyd-Jones Trust. Many of his sermons are gathered in collections by topic or theme. One of these, published by Crossway, is Revival. The sermons were preached… [Read more…]
June 21, 2011
“Consequently, too, there comes in that which Paul quotes from Aratus, that we are God’s offspring [Acts 17:28], because by adorning us with such a great excellence he testifies that he is our Father. In the same way the secular poets, out of common feeling and, as it were, at the dictation of experience,… [Read more…]
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January 26, 2012
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