Give Them Common Grace Too
When I was a boy I grew up in a traditional American home. My father taught me the value of hard work,... Read More
A Century-Old Answer to Tchividjianism: Studies in Perfection by B. B. Warfield
Normally when book reviews appear on this website, they’re for new books: cutting edge books that add some new piece of information... Read More
A Graduation Observation
Last week I received one of those Tweets that had been forwarded about a half dozen times before it landed in my... Read More
Ecclesiastical Separation and the Two Kingdoms
Commencement season has revived a fresh spate of debate about separation. Should Liberty University have invited Glenn Beck to speak? Should Al... Read More
On Dealing with the Frowning Providence of Failure
I recently had a conversation with a man who made a major life decision that turned out poorly. This man apparently did... Read More
Divorcing the Person from the Work of Christ?
Last week I read a curious piece that purported to identify the exact point at which Pilgrim was saved in John Bunyan’s... Read More
Evangelical Social Engagement: A Reprise
Last week in this blog post, I suggested that if the current surge of evangelical social attentiveness shares identity with surges that preceded... Read More
Chapter Note: Joel Carpenter, “What’s New About the New Evangelical Social Engagement?”
I just finished browsing through an engaging new title, The New Evangelical Social Engagement. No, it’s not an obscure book by a... Read More
Slouching Towards Salem
The worldwide web is a staging area for mobs. It offers us sound definitions of and warnings about mobs (Wikipedia calls them... Read More
Zero-Sum Economics and Church Planting
I’ve visited sub-Saharan Africa a few times and have started to get a handle on the grassroots economic theory that dominates the... Read More