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Prayers for D. James Kennedy

Please pray for Dr. D. James Kennedy, his wife and daughter, and Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.  Dr. Kennedy is in grave condition following a heart attack last evening.  Jim’s health has deteriorated markedly in the last several months, and he…

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Trueman sectioned

On the advice of his close friend Nicky `Call me Nicholas’ Mauss, Dutch pastor of a large church in Montana, Carl Trueman has indeed turned himself in for counselling.  He is currently at a secret location under care of the Rev…

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The Man from George Street, Part 9

Here (in the last post I will be making until the new year) is the last installment of a series on an exceptionally effective evangelist from Syndey, Australia: “Well, eight months later, that Crystal Palace Baptist pastor was ministering in…

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Welsh Carol

Thanks Phil. We arrived back from a family funeral last night to be met by Ligon at the airport. Now, why did he remind me of Father Christmas? Strangely, I had been been reading Dr. Mark Garcia’s fine piece in…

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The Man from George Street, Part 7

That London preacher, six months later, flew to do a convention for 5,000 Indian missionaries in a remote corner of northeastern India. And at the end, the Indian missionary in charge, a humble little man took him home to his…

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Post-Christian Atheists for Christmas

In an article entitled “An Atheist Can Believe in Christmas,” Randy Kennedy asks how some prominent atheists are (or are not) celebrating the holidays.  It turns out that Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation) has a Christmas tree up…

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New Welsh Carol

Our own Derek Thomas and Dr. Paul Jones (an Alliance Council member who serves organist and music director at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church) have collaborated on a new Christmas carol.  The full text and music will be posted soon, but…