Pop was as tough and fearless as any man I’ve ever known, yet after a few stiff drinks at night, wartime memories that haunted him would come pouring out. The experience that haunted him the most happened on the aircraft carrier Essex during World War II. Pop was in charge of making the planes flight... Continue Reading

The precious, priceless ministry of refreshment. And how desperately needed it is. All around us are weary brothers and sisters who are slogging it out in a spiritual war (Ephesians 6:12) on a battlefield of a futile world (Romans 8:20). Yes, there are times for reproofs and corrections (2 Timothy 3:16). But most of the... Continue Reading

”Our notion of truth has always been to behold God, our chief end,” Barnes said.   The Rev. M. Craig Barnes, a Presbyterian pastor and educator chosen to lead one of the nation’s oldest seminaries was inaugurated and installed Wednesday as the seventh president of Princeton Theological Seminary. The service, taking place in the afternoon... Continue Reading

Darren told me about his late grandfather, born in 1909, who could remember parades as a little boy where Civil War vets were present. After one parade, one of those vets recalled that, when he was a boy, his grandfather took him to meet an elderly vet of the Revolutionary War. “So,” Darren told me,... Continue Reading

The Lion became a Lamb to sacrifice his life for sinners and sufferers so that they might be rescued from themselves and ultimately from every bad thing in the universe. The Lion is for you, but only if you bow before him as the Lamb of God who takes away your sins. If you admit... Continue Reading

I am delighted to inform you that Dr. Davis has agreed to come on a more permanent basis as Minister in Residence where, among some other things, he will be the Sunday evening preacher. Truth is, Dr. Davis retired a few years ago and lives in Tennessee, but he and his wife Barbara have already... Continue Reading

Mary King is proof that theology is intensely practical and absolutely crucial—the joy of those who cherish him. As the psalmist put it, “Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them” (Ps. 111:2). Countless thousands are spiritually indebted to the Prince of Preachers. He was indebted to a cook.... Continue Reading

Doesn’t Genesis 2 seem to address this dilemma? It is not good for the human being to be alone. It seems to be that is the much greater take-away that speaks to the human condition …  indeed in these life-giving partnerships with those who we recognize as flesh of our flesh and bone of our... Continue Reading

So of course I would agree that there are true believers within the charismatic movement. But that does not negate the seriousness of the corruption. The charismatic quest for extrabiblical revelation, subjective impressions, ecstatic experiences, and so on, represents a massive danger to the church. Error is still error, even if there are true believers... Continue Reading

Though the bill makes a narrow exemption for explicitly religious institutions and employers, ENDA undermines the Constitution’s guarantee of religious freedom by preventing many employers with religious objections to homosexual and transgender behavior from conducting their businesses in accordance with the dictates of their faith.   This week the Senate is poised to take up... Continue Reading