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for Carl

My best response to the NEW blog theme, so far, came this morning from my good friend, Iain D. Campbell of the Free Church of Scotland: How should Reformed Christians celebrate Valentine’s Day? Answer: With Tulips!

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Andrew Fuller

Last night at the annual Desiring God Pastors’ Conference, John Piper gave a biographical address on Andrew Fuller: Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision: Andrew Fuller’s Broadsides Against Sandemanianism, Hyper-Calvinism, and Global Unbelief.(audio) (The manuscript is here.) Here are some…

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A view from the cab

In line with recent practice, we have asked a celebrity cab driver to speak on an issue of the hour.  This week: Should Derek Thomas be sacked for not bothering to change the blog question more than once a year? …

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J Alan Groves

There is an obituary of J Alan Groves posted on the Westminster website, www.wts.edu, and a moving account of his last day on the family blog at www.algroves.info.  In times of such loss, it is good to remember that Christianity…

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In Memoriam: J. Alan Groves

Yesterday, J. Alan Groves entered into the glory of his Lord after a long struggle with cancer.  Al was professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, a fervent and humble disciple of Jesus Christ, and a warm friend to…

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Operation Homecoming, Part 1

As I may have mentioned in a previous post, Makoto Fujimura is a brilliant New York artist whose deeply Christian work represents a synthesis of ancient Japanese techniques with Western styles.   Fujimura distributes occasional essays on Christianity and the arts under the title…

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Thoughts on Patriarchy

I have received some complaints that my interaction with Phil Ryken (see below, 1/29/07) on patriarchy represents a capitulation on the issue of biblically-mandated male leadership.  My comment on use of the term “patriarchy” was made more or less in…

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Biblical Masculinity #5: Self-Control

The next stop on our tour through proverbial masculinity is self-control.  Proverbs 16:32 tells us, “Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” Self-control is especially…