Christian Life
Justice and Truth in the Public Square
It is fearful how often the condition of ancient Israel resembles that of the modern world. One example of this is found in Isaiah 59: ‘Justice is turned back, and […]
A Day in the Life of an Assembly Junkie
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 1 June 2019 I missed out on his top-floor suite, but President Reagan loved staying at the Anatole whenever he was in town. Dallas’ Hotel Anatole […]
Book Review: Competing Spectacles (Tony Reinke)
Wheaton, Illonios: Crossway, 2019 Competing Spectacles is a new book by Tony Reinke (author of 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You and Newton on the Christian Life). In this […]
Lending to the Lord
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 1 June 2019 Remember Tabitha of Joppa (Acts 9) … “always doing good and helping the poor”, otherwise known as Dorcas? I found a Dorcas when […]
World News: Genocide Fears in Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), an advocacy group which campaigns on behalf of hundreds of millions of persecuted Christians around the globe, has urged the Trump administration to take action […]
Husband and Wives, Talk!
“What often happens is that married people begin to take each other for granted. They go their separate ways in the face of the pressures of work and the multiplying […]
Three Points of Meditation Upon the Resurrection of Christ
The historian, Philip Schaff, is often cited regarding the resurrection of Christ: ‘Truly, Jesus Christ, the Christ of the Gospels, the Christ of history, the crucified and risen Christ, the […]
Book Review: That Hideous Strength: How the West Was Lost (Melvin Tinker)
Welwyn: Evangelical Press, 2018 Drawing on the title of a C. S. Lewis novel – which is itself derived from Sir David Lyndsay – Tinker offers a searching critique of […]
Asia Bibi finally safe
Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, left for Canada on the evening of May 7, her lawyer has confirmed. […]
Abraham Kuyper and the Stone Lectures
Widely recognised as historian, theologian, philosopher, politician, and professor-educator, Abraham Kuyper was born in Maassluis in the year 1837, the son of a National Church (Reformed) pastor, and was later […]
World News: Sri Lankan Bishop Speaks Out
The Anglican Bishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka has made a powerful statement in response to the Easter bombings in the city, excoriating the nation’s “short-sighted, corrupt, vain and self-serving” […]
Interview with Scott Rae
Scott B. Rae is Professor of Christian Ethics at Biola University, and here is interviewed by Mark Powell (for AP) AP What do you think are the ethical issues that […]
Book Review: How We Got the Bible (Greg Lanier)
Fearn: Christian Focus, 2018 Fearn: Christian Focus, 2018 This short little work deals with the text and canon of the Old Testament, and of the New. Although it is short […]
Book Review: Duties of Christian Fellowship (John Owen)
Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2017 John Owen became a Congregationalist (or Independent) by conviction, and so published this little work in 1647, although it is suitable for Christians of every […]
World News: Terrorists Slaughter Six
Christians in Burkina Faso are mourning a deadly attack on a Protestant church as “a new turning point in terrorism” in the West African nation. The April 28 shooting at […]
Desiring Man
Why did God create the world? The answer on the lips of anyone who knows Question One of the Westminster Shorter Catechism is “to glorify Him” or, as my children […]
The Antioch Principle: Missionary Support and Sending
One of the strengths of the Presbyterian Church in the 21st century is the number of missionaries it has sent and supported. Healthy congregations are those praying for and sending […]
