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April 2013

April 05, 2013

Why CBMW Is Excited About TGC ’13: We Love the Gospel

The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood will be at the Gospel Coalition's national conference...

March 2013

March 16, 2013

Eric Metaxas at CPAC: Aren’t We, Um, Glad Wilberforce’s Religion Affected His Politics?

Eric Metaxas has been in the news of late. He was at Bethlehem Baptist Church...

March 04, 2013

Announcing a Week of Announcements for CBMW: First, the Website!

Some of you are aware that I'm the Executive Director of the Council on Biblical...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Great News: Four Less Abortion Clinics in Wisconsin

Got two resources on the fight against abortion for you. First, a Huffington Post piece...

February 15, 2013

What You Most Need Is God Himself

I just heard this song this week. I think I'd heard it before, but not...

January 2013

January 18, 2013

Al Mohler on Global Gospel Promotion

This video, announcing this collegiate conference in February 2013, is beautifully done and deeply inspiring....

November 2012

November 07, 2012

Can You Be a Good Pastor and Good Father?

This is a tough question. And frankly, we evangelicals don't always present the best example...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

How Theology Drives Spirituality (Thinking and Doing Are Inextricable!)

It's very common in evangelicalism to either be a "thinking Christian" or a "doing Christian."...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Gender Roles and the Gospel

Here's a great video on complementarianism (or biblical gender roles) from The Gospel Coalition featuring...

May 2012

May 02, 2012

“I Wouldn’t Think So Much of the Gathering:” Engaging Francis Chan on the Church

Francis Chan offered some surprising thoughts at the Verge 2012 conference recently. Speaking on the...

April 2012

April 23, 2012

An Essay on the Awesomeness of Men

Denny Burk has just announced the release of the latest Journal for Biblical Manhood & Womanhood....

February 2012

February 17, 2012

Doing Ministry with a Shelby Cobra Mustang Engine (Like Piper & Carson)

I just did an interview with Christ the Center, a podcast produced by the Reformed...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Should We Not Read Jonathan Edwards Because He Owned Slaves?

An upcoming event at the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School tackles this...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Ed Stetzer on DeYoung/Gilbert: Are Pastors Qualified to Speak on Theology of Mission?

The pastor-theologian is a subject of great interest to me, as my introduction to the...

June 2011

June 09, 2011

Kevin DeYoung Speaks Wisely About Celebrity Pastors

Kevin DeYoung has just posted a manifestly helpful piece on the hot-potato topic of "celebrity...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Is The Gospel Coalition a Good Thing? Is Harold Ockenga Like John Piper?

You can find scintillating answers to these and a number of other questions in an...

May 16, 2011

John Piper, Don Carson, and Transformed Pastors and Scholars

There's a great deal of interest right now in what some have called the pastor-theologian...

March 2010

March 30, 2010

Sandra Bullock’s Dilemma, John Piper’s Decision, and Parenthood’s Complexity

David Brooks poses an interesting question in his column today: Two things happened to Sandra...

November 2009

November 05, 2009

John Piper Tunes in and So Can You: The Henry Center Website Report

An update from the Henry Center on its website. We've been pushing the site in...

November 03, 2009

Deep Church Shallow: Greg Gilbert’s 9Marks Review

The new 9Marks eJournal just arrived, and it's on--take a deep breath here--church discipline. I...

October 2009

October 07, 2009

Get BibleMesh with Brand New Tim Keller Video

Would you like to be able to view a Christ-centered narrative walkthrough of the Bible...

August 2009

August 22, 2009

The Link 8.22.09: Leeman on Discipleship, the Super-Rich, and Mosques Swallowing Synagogues

1. Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks has a great series of posts that discusses how immanence and...

August 19, 2009

Exceptional Pastoral Ministry Internships: CHBC, TBI, NECEP, and More

This is a post that needs writing. So here we go: a primer on the...

August 17, 2009

Books to Buy: Dockery on SBC and Dutcher on Idolatry

Two books to highlight in this installment of Books to Buy. This is not a...

August 11, 2009

Shooting Sacred Evangelical Cows: Coffee Drinking

It's time to resurrect a little series I did a little while back: Shooting Sacred...

June 2009

June 19, 2009

The Link 6.19.2009

1. Mark Driscoll and Rick Melson discuss the new Resurgence training center. Cool training model. ...

May 2009

May 06, 2009

The Hard Work of New England Ministry: A Report from a Recent Conference

Some will recall that I blogged about a pastors' conference with pastor-theologian Steven Lawson in...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Piper-Carson Media Is Up

This just in: the media for the Piper-Carson event is here. The Desiring God blog...

April 27, 2009

Piper’s Pastor-Scholar Meditations

For those of you looking for the Piper-Carson video and audio, it will be here...

April 24, 2009

Reflections on The Gospel Coalition, Band of Bloggers, and Piper-Carson

Whew. It's been quite a week. Here's my first opportunity to reflect on the three...