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Halfway through PCRT!

We had a great weekend in Atlanta for round 2 of this year’s Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology.  The messages were simply great and, well, it was PCRT.  The spiritual intensity was at its usually high pitch.  My thanks to…

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Removing the Fear

Ronald Marshall, writing in Touchstone: Jonah is a horrifying book, with its raging storm and fierce sea-monster, a suicide attempt and near drowning, and, at the end, a confrontation with a massive enemy city. But in American children’s literature it…

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Another Great Twin Lakes Fellowship

I greatly enjoyed attending the Twin Lakes Fellowship outside Jackson, MS last week.  Seeing that the audios are on-line, I thought I would make the information available to our readers.  I came late and so missed half of the messages. …

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The Lord’s Prayer

The longer I live as a Christian and serve as a pastor, the more impressed I am with the value of careful attention to Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, commonly known as The Lord’s Prayer.…

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Racing Cars and Popular ethics

I’m in Scotland for a few days, catching up with European news in today’s edition of The Times. The big splash news item, on several pages, is the case of Max Mosely, president of the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile)…

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The Fear of Man

For staff devotions this week, my colleague Marion Clark shared the following proverb, which is good counsel for every Christian, but especially for anyone in ministry: “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is…

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The Islamization of Europe

Writing in the April 3 edition of the Jerusalem Post, Daniel Pipes asks, “Will Europe Resist Islamization?”  According to conventional wisdom, the answer is “no.”  But Pipes counters this argument by pointing to the dramatic conversion of the prominent Muslim…

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Thoughts on the Enns Suspension

As expected, there is a wide variety of internet comment on the WTS board’s suspension of Old Testament Professor Peter Enns.  I would highlight Scott Clark’s counsel to current students and the discussion taking place at Green Baggins.  Both of…