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I am a Calvinist. And I am a Pharisee. This shouldn't be the case, but it is. Admitting you have a problem is the first step in getti...

Chris Castaldo has a helpful post on this important opportunity and topic .

It's the Christmas season. Time for all that tinsel and joy, lights and carols, and... yes, scrooge. It's that time of year where ...

A sister in the church sent this to me; thought I'd share.

Thoughtful post/question from iMonk: I believe in grace, but I wonder what what must happen in my life before I have the appetite for the g...

"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you" (1 P et. 5:7). That's Peter's direct and simple instruction to a ...

HT: Faith and Theology . We start to do things like this... And His glory will inevitably be veiled and distorted by our best renderings. Ev...

Oprah's interview with rapper Jay-Z provides some interesting insights into what it's like for some kids who grow up without their ...

Somebody somewhere in the blogosphere recently plugged The Puritan Reformed Journal. It prompted me to dig out an old issue of the journal....

"The Gospel Coalition" is another way of saying "Together for the Gospel." "Together for the Gospel" is anothe...

A friend sent this to me. It's written by a fellow named Skip Moen: I believe that God is the sovereign ruler of all creation. I believ...

Four more sections (parts 5-8) from the Christian--Muslim Dialogue this past march.

God talk is an incredibly delusional activity. The number of people who say they "believe in God" but who do not believe in Jesus ...

How often does our trust in the Lord look like this?

I was surprised when I read at JT's that this riff was first written by Dr. S.M. Lockridge. I first heard E.V. Hill run this down. See...

I've slowly read this section from Horatius Bonar's The Everlasting Righteousness (pp. 33-36)several times. My heart sings each ti...

“Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 18:4) Humility is true greatness as our friend C....

C.J. Mahaney includes this excerpt from an article on why Christmas is disturbing. Read the entire post here . Here's the excerpt: Many...

Good stuff from JP: But we are not without a Savior. Jesus Christ has come. And he is a great Savior. Every need we have, he supplies. A...

In a culture over-saturated with images and the clanging of many sounds, hearing is undervalued. Extended attention to words and sentences a...