Mark Ward

Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds to Churches – NYTimes.com

Another good reason to read the New York Times: Mark Minnick does! He mentioned in his Sunday-evening sermon that he had just read that afternoon the article from which I offer this interesting excerpt: In “Praying for Recession: The Business Cycle and Protestant...

Tolerance as a Defense Mechanism

Stanley Fish is always provocative and thoughtful in his New York Times blog. I presume his books bear the same qualities, though I've only ever picked up his most famous. Gilbert Meilaender recently reviewed in First Things a new Fish book addressed to college...

Usage determines meaning, literally.

I really enjoyed this essay on that poor, abused English word "literally." If you'll read it carefully you'll get a very helpful point for Bible interpretation as well as parlor talk. Note, too, that "wrongainey," one of the four known thoughtful commenters on the...

Crossway and Cadillac

I applaud Crossway Books, the organization behind the English Standard Version, for being tech-savvy. I love their blogs and websites, as well as their electronic book policies. But now they have gone too far. A Cadillac Escalade ESV? The Escalade is one of the...

Al Martin on Childrearing

For the last year my wife and I have been in the young couples Sunday School class at Mount Calvary Baptist Church. The first six months focused on the marriage relationship; for the last six we've been learning from experienced parents about how to raise godly...

Want ESV Audio?

Want to listen to ESV audio? You can always do it for free at the ESV website. Or you can buy it for $10 from one of my favorite Bible software retailers, Rejoice Christian Software. Make sure to get on their mailing list for more great deals—including a nice price on...

David Wells Comments on Fundamentalists

David Wells recently gave an excellent address sponsored by the (Carl F. H.) Henry Center on preaching to postmoderns. He spoke in the ATO chapel at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Wells made a few comments about (American Protestant) Fundamentalism toward the...

David Bell

David Bell was my English 102 tutorial teacher at BJU my freshman year. (Interestingly, his mother taught me calligraphy the next year, and his father taught me in some excellent Hebrew and OT classes in seminary.) Dr. David Bell is now a tentmaker in Spain teaching...