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March 2021

March 08, 2021

Giving Honor to Bruce Ware, an Estimable Theologian and a God-Centered Man

Give honor to whom honor is due… --Romans 13:7 You know men—but what makes them...

March 03, 2015

Is it Wrong for Christians to Make Lots of Money?

I tackled a thorny issue in a free-wheeling lecture for The Commonweal Project of the...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Churches, Promote Your Worship Dude

There are few positions in the local church that can be more confusing to figure...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

Wayne Grudem on the Hard Work of Human Flourishing

If you're in the Louisville area next week (Friday Sept 26-Saturday Sept 27) you should...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

On Leading the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement

I'm very excited to begin working as the Director of the Carl F. H. Henry...

April 2014

April 07, 2014

The Child Who Couldn’t Walk (and Then Did)

I just wrote a piece for the Gospel Coalition entitled "We're All Over-Protected Now." I...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Are Missionaries the Only People Who Glorify God?

I just answered a form of this question in a just-released interview with Matt Damico...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Albert Mohler Reviews “Risky Gospel”

The president of Southern Seminary and Boyce College, Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., just reviewed...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

On Thanksgiving and Death to Self

Note to readers: I posted this blog a year ago and decided to re-run it...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Brett Favre: “I think after 20 years, God only knows the toll”

I saw these words from former NFL star Brett Favre on memory loss and concussions...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Should Low-Church Baptists Observe the Historic Church Calendar?

The December 2012 issue of Southern Seminary's Towers featured a thoughtful piece on the "Christian year"...

December 08, 2012

Al Mohler: Leadership Is the Expression of Conviction

I'm making my way through an exciting new leadership book by my school's president, R....

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Christopher Hitchens Was Wrong: Martin Luther King, Jr. on “Cosmic Companionship” at Southern Seminary

This from the archival history of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a site that has...

December 2011

December 15, 2011

TEDS PhD Graduation 2011: Why The Labor & Pain of Seminary Is Abundantly Worth It

Casey Lewis of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas just wrote a nice...

November 2011

November 14, 2011

Carl Henry’s Quest for the “Evangelical Harvard” and Other ETS 2011 Topics

For the small but vibrant community of people known as "evangelical theologians" or "theology aficianados"...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Al Mohler and Patrick Schreiner on Seminary: Why Not Get All You Can?

I've enjoyed a recent round of posts on seminary from SBTS MDiv graduate Patrick Schreiner. ...

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...

November 2009

November 20, 2009

ETS Live-Blog: Bruce Ware’s 2009 Presidential Address

I am live-blogging the 2009 Evangelical Theological Society Presidential Address by Dr. Bruce Ware, professor...

November 16, 2009

Al Mohler and Walter Price on the Young Guns

One of the most encouraging trends in evangelical church life that I've seen recently is...

November 09, 2009

New England Ministry: An AP Report on Encouraging Developments and Discouraging Trends

From an Associated Press story linked on John Starke's blog: Trinity College's American Religious Identification...

October 2009

October 17, 2009

The Link 10.17.09: John Wooden, I Am Second, and eastmountainsouth

1. John Wooden is still dropping quotables. How many of us will be doing that...

August 2009

August 20, 2009

Important Event: CBMW Panel on the Trinity

I've just heard from CBMW's John Starke about a discussion at Southern Seminary in a...

July 2009

July 21, 2009

Carl Henry’s Greatest Failure and Success

Found this in a poignant Christianity Today tribute to Henry written by his old friend...

July 17, 2009

The Link 7.17.09: Fetuses Have Memories, Redemption Groups, and Obama on Responsibility

1. This just in: fetuses have memories. If enough time passes, the personhood of fetuses...

June 2009

June 30, 2009

At SBTS, Fidelity Matters: A Friendly Response to Dave Doran

For those of you who did not follow my post about the Southern Seminary sesquicentennial...

June 25, 2009

The SBTS Sesquicentennial: Recapping A Celebration of Faith

Today Southern Seminary--or, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary--celebrated its 150th anniversary. This is known in...

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...

March 2009

March 19, 2009

The Sweetness of Sport: ESPN on Small-School Basketball

"With another 100-point night in the books, the Elliott County Lions have adjourned to the...

March 06, 2009

The Link 3.6.09–Mat Kearney, Al Mohler, Collin Hansen, and Emotional Ethics

1. Christian Audio is giving away Don Whitney's Spiritual Disciplines Audiobook during this month. Find...

February 2009

February 26, 2009

Making Men Moral: What Is Union University?

In the course of live-blogging this conference, I have thought a few times that it...