Pure Church

A couple of pics before things are back to normal on the blog... Titus... Titus with big big sister, Afiya Titus with little big sister, ...

I don't think I knew how powerful that word was until I looked at the 7lb 7oz wonder in my arms... and said, "Son." Titus Eze...

I went to bed Thursday morning at 2:30am. After a rousing round of CivIV and a couple great chapters in To The Golden Shore, I finally turn...

Our brother Tim Challies is thinking about the regulative principle of worship . Here's an idea that needs recovery and wider use. For...

One of my favorite words is "solipsism." Actually, one of my favorite words is "solipsistic," something about the way i...

This isn't a rant. Neither does it qualify as thought. It's really just a list of a few things that I've been thinking about o...

My brother, Mark, likes to pass out junk mail at staff meetings. You're liable to leave his study loaded down with some interesting bit...

A couple days ago, we thought about some TV ministries as a pox on the local church. Justin Taylor and Anthony Carter have video exposes on...

Thanks to the design skills of Tim Challies and the good folks at Websonix , and the labors of Meg Bodden, Dave Jorge, Barend Blom, Deb Rya...

A quote from Lloyd-Jones regarding the effect of Christianity on our thinking (HT: Adrian Warnock ; Dave Jorge). "So the first effect o...

Yesterday my mother-in-law relayed to me a comment her pastor made recently. He told his congregation, “I am amazed at how I can teach you s...

Roger Nicole wrote an article by this same title that I've found useful. I was reading it for other purposes, but the recent tipping br...

The comments following yesterday's post on tipping must be the most spirited conversation to date on this blog! Which is really intere...

Our good brothers Phil Ryken and Justin Taylor have started a little blogosphere lament about Christians and tipping. You can read Phil'...

This weekend, we observed Remembrance Day in the Cayman Islands. Allied countries around the globe observe Remembrance Day during a similar ...

I can't believe I neglected to mention this in last night's post recapping the first day at the Miami Pastors' Conference. But ...

I love the Miami Pastors' Conference . That's where I am now. I first attended last year... and the fresh winds of like-minded fel...

If I had a dollar for every time someone said to me, upon hearing that I'm a pastor in the Cayman Islands, "Ahh... suffering for Je...

It's Monday morning... one of those Monday mornings where you're behind as soon as you wake up. But rather than be overwhelmed with ...

There's some good preaching and teaching coming up in the next couple of weeks. This Sunday, Nov. 5th, our brother Anthony Carter will ...