Archive for October, 2007
Well, apparently Spurgeon was ahead of our time. Or, what I am really saying is that Charles Spurgeon really faced much the same kind of thing as the 21st century emerging church movement even in his day (see my Sept. 26 post on Spurgeon addressing concerns in the church).
Notice below the parallels in what Spurgeon [...]
Or, Politics and Religion. Several articles appear in print and online today about the recent meeting of a group called Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. Apparently the top two vote getters in their straw poll were former Gov. of Arkansas Mike Huckabee and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney. Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist [...]
Randy Kirkland has posted an excellent article on the subject over at Flocktalk. The article actually is by John Piper and Wayne Grudem and is 50 questions and answers related to a Biblical view of manhood and womanhood.
In a day of confused roles of men and women, we would do well to arm ourselves with [...]
Joel Osteen and his wife were interviewed on Fox News this morning. I caught a few minutes of it, wishing I could have seen the entire interview. Fortunately (or unfortunately) I have seen more of Osteen than I care to have to admit.
When I scan the channels sometimes I come across his program and stop [...]
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]
TR is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest presidents in our history. He was a man of exceptional leadership skills. In addition he was a man’s man.
Many biographies have been written on TR and most of them are widely acclaimed. I have read a couple of them can recommend that you check them out.
Perhaps [...]
Christianity Today had an article last year on the resurgence of Calvinism among younger folks. The article talks about mostly 20s and 30s finding doctrine so attractive. But it also points out that even teenagers are more and more being fed the pure and strong Word of God expressed in these great doctrines.
My prayer is [...]
John Piper has produced the following:
What’s the Gospel?
What’s the gospel? I’ll put it in a sentence.
The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy.
That’s the [...]
Well, there are probably many ways to answer that question. We can look, of course, to the Scriptures. We can look further to the Westminster Confession of Faith. Some of us Presbyterians have had courses on church history and that is helpful too.
Still, how might one define a Presbyterian? I ran across the following
William Wilberforce was used by God to bring about an end to the social and thus human injustice of slavery in Great Britain. A movie has been made of his life (which I have not seen but intend to) as well as books written on his life.
John Piper has written a book on Wilberforce titled [...]
