Provocations & Pantings

I am currently posting a six-part series called “What Is a True Calvinist?” based on the booklet written by Phillip Ryken which can also be found in the book, Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel (chapter eight) by James Montgomery Boice and Ryken (Crossway, 2002). The purpose of these posts are not to [...]

Update: For a much more entertaining article about Driscoll, be sure to check out Challies’ reporting on the upcoming issue of Preaching Illustrated and the “theo-doping” scandal.
One of the things that I really appreciate about Mark Driscoll is that you do not have to ask him to parse his words to figure out [...]

Below is a prayer that I have kept before me for the past three days. It has transcribed the disposition of my heart better than any I can think of. I have had the acute recognition of my neediness in recent weeks, and my heart has been yearning yet troubled. I hope [...]

Joshua Chavers has done the legwork in putting together the audio and a written transcript of the actual events which took place on the floor of the SBC Annual Meeting in Greensboro when the alcohol debate took place. With all the attention this small moment in SBC history has received, it is worth your [...]

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 15:1-2
Coming home from work this morning was quite normal, except for one thing in particular. As I took off my usually brown-stained t-shirt and shorts, [...]

I must confess. I normally do not read Christianity Today. But I will have to purchase the latest issue, given that the cover story is called “Young, Restless, and Reformed: Calvinism is making a comeback—and shaking up the church,” written by Collin Hansen. JT adds that “it’s an excellent piece that profiles [...]

Did anyone hear the word “Jesus” in the hour long special on Rick Warren and the Purpose-Driven Life on FoxNews? Or on any of the other interviews including The Factor with Bill O’Reilly and Fox and Friends?

Reading hasn’t always been a part of my life. Actually, I never read a book until my first year of college. No one in my family reads, and all my friends growing up were jocks like me who didn’t want to squander the summer sunshine sitting inside with my head in some book [...]

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While I was back in AL with the family a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I took our niece to the kiddie carnival, enjoyed a snow cone, and took a couple of shots (not drinks) with Delaney on the rides. I will post a few more on my Flickr page [...]

As you may already know, one of the greatest disappointments of Greensboro was the rejection of Tom Ascol’s resolution on integrity in church membership. After having read the resolution on the floor of the convention, Tommy French, chairman of the resolutions committee, gave this response:

Brother Tom, we understand and we are concerned about these [...]

I am currently posting a six-part series called “What Is a True Calvinist?” based on the booklet written by Phillip Ryken which can also be found in the book, Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel (chapter eight) by James Montgomery Boice and Ryken (Crossway, 2002). The purpose of these posts are not to [...]

Because I normally do not check the mail, I seldomly look forward to reading anything on the stack of the usual bills and coupons on our kitchen table. However, I occasionally get stuff from ministries I support and booksellers who send me their catalogs. As I walked in this morning from work, [...]

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Their measuring line goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a [...]

That was the question asked by Phil Ryken in a little pamphlet published by Presbyterian & Reformed in 2003. I picked this pamphlet up the other day while grabbing some books for my upcoming fall classes. Over the next couple of days, I thought I’d share how Ryken answers that question and add [...]

One of the funny things you find about your blog is how people get there. While I don’t normally write about anything crazy or popular in culture, I do happen to get various visits from weird Googling. So for the fun of it, I will randomly post a Google search that somehow made [...]