Dr. Vern Poythress of Westminster Theological Seminary has written as well as anyone on the unity of the Bible. The following is from a recent article: How does the Bible as a whole fit together? The events recorded in the Bible took place over a span of thousands of years and in several different...

Check out this great message by Dr. Art Azurdia.

Christian philosopher Doug Wilson and atheist Christopher Hitchens have had a lively debate concerning the existence of God. It has been made into a movie called Collision. Check out the website HERE . Wilson is one of the most helpful apoligists that I have read. Here are two of his titles: God Is...

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I finished "The Gospel-Driven Church" series this morning. The seventh message is titled "Mission: Getting the Gospel Out." You can listen to or download it HERE .

I am preaching the final message in "The Gospel-Driven Church" series. The title is "Mission: Getting the Gospel Out." Here is something I found in Chris Wright's book The Mission of God : · We ask, “Where does God fit into the story of my life?,” when the real question is, “Where does my life fit...

Justin Taylor has posted a link to a very helpful article by Alfred Poirier a PCA pastor and Board Chairman for Peacemakers. The title of the article is "The Cross and Criticism." It originally appeared ten years ago in the Journal of Biblical Counseling. I live and pastor in a culture of confident...

Dr. Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY recently delivered an outstanding chapel message that needs to be heard. The message I link to in this post is the third in a series of messages dealing with Jesus' wilderness temptation. It deals with Satan's offer to...

Thabiti over at Pure Church has some helpful thoughts about why Time Magazine's recognition of the "New Calvinism" is not necessarily a good thing. Check it out HERE .

The latest edition of the 9 Marks eJournal is now available to read or download. I love 9 Marks Ministries and the eJournal - Excellent resources for pastors and church leaders.

There has been controversy for generations surrounding the various ways that the New Testament makes use of the Old. For biblical errantists the solution is clear: the New Testament simply gets it wrong. Paul gets it wrong. The writer of Hebrews gets it wrong. Jesus gets it wrong. Of course this...

It looks like infamous late-term abortionist George Tiller is finally going to have to answser for some of his actions. Having lived in Wichita from 1999-2008 I can testify to the controversy that surrounds Dr. Tiller. He seems to have had a reckless disregard for Kansas' laws regarding late-term...

In his book Dying Without God: Francois Mitterand's Meditations on Living and Dying , journalist Franz-Olivier Giesbert reflects on how athiesm shaped the former French President's view of death. Al Mohler has written a fine post on the topic. Giesbert describes Mitterand as "a Nietzschean until...

...but this is ridiculous!

On March 8 President Obama signed an executive order allowing the use of taxpayer money to be used to destroy human embryos for scientific research. An article addressing this issue appeard today in the Wall Street Journal by Robert George. Dr. George is Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton...

“The Word became flesh…” (John 1:14). This was jarring truth for many in the early days of Christianity. In fact, as far as we can tell the first heresy the church had to deal with was Docetism which denied the physical reality of the Lord Jesus. This was a common heresy among the Gnostics who...

I am curious about something because I have seen this dealt with in a variety of ways. I am wondering what those Christians who do not accept the historicity of Eden, Adam and Eve, etc. do with the fall. Let me assure you this is not rhetorical nor am I trying to play "gotcha". I am genuinely...

Joseph Meaney of Human Life International has written a powerful article concerning one of the wicked consequences of the inherintly evil act of abortion: "Gendercide." It is a sad fact that abortion has become so sacrosanct in certain circles that many consider it taboo to put in place any...

“The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” - John 1:14 The first chapter of John’s Gospel is the clearest statement of what the early church Fathers sometimes called the en-manning of the Savior. More commonly we call this the incarnation of Christ which literally means His en-fleshment. Over...

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I am looking forward to Tremper Longman being with us at COS. Dr. Longman, Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in California will be the speaker on Saturday March 28th at our "Cry of the Soul" seminar based upon his book of the same title. If you are a COS attendee or live in the...

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The latest edition of Themelios includes an article by Jared Compton concerning the dual authorship of Scripture. It is particularly interesting considering some of the recent discussions on this blog. Compton writes: It was not too long ago that Kevin Vanhoozer answered the question Is There a...