Cravings and ConflictsJames 4:1-2C.J. Mahaney It has been ten years now since the first godly young man requested permission to marry one of my daughters. Today, all three girls are married and it brings me great joy to observe my…
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Earlier this month, I attended the annual Christian Booksellers’ Association (CBA) in Atlanta to do a booksigning and interviews for my new book Jesus the Evangelist. It was my first trip to CBA and I am extremely grateful to the…
Two new publications caught my eye this week, and there could hardly be a greater contrast. One comes from Ireland in the seventeenth century: The Body of Divinity: Being the Sum and Substance of the Christian Religion by Archbishop James…
My good friend, Iain D Campbell, Free Church minister in Back, Isle of Lewis (from where all the best and most beautiful wives hail!) has posted a typically thoughtful paper on his website dealing with just the kind of issues…
In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon’s Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press). Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. …
I think the greatest danger to Trinitarian worship in at least American evangelicalism is the oft-cited “Jesus-only” phenomenon. Instead of worshiping God, we say that we are “worshiping Jesus.” Now, we should worship Jesus, but not only God the Son. …
I just received my copy of B.B. Warfield: Essays on His Life and Thought, edited by Gary Johnson. Having read the introduction and perused the contents, I look forward to benefiting from this timely book. Not only will this study…
I’m not sure that the best way to look at career choices is to place the discussion into the obedient/disobedient framework, but rather into the wise/unwise framework. Now, there are career choices that are simply sinful, but few Christians are wrestling…
Posted July 24, 2007 I’m a fan of Rodney Trotter and his other personalities. I mostly agree with his points. However, his response, “Nein”, to Phil was so weak I just had to write in. Phil makes the point that…
