Isn't Luke 8 decisive on the question of Lordship salvation? As I understand it (and I had a little difficulty nailing it down in my research), those who oppose "Lordship salvation"—the Zane Hodges, Charles Ryrie, Grace Evangelical Society side—says that whoever...
Mark Ward
Review: The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family
The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family by Andrew Himes My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was enjoyable and interesting (worth every bit of 99 cents!), though a little strange. The parts I most enjoyed were biographical, especially the...
Make Them Like a Wheel
I'm a Bible curriculum author for high school students. I love my job. And one neat aspect of my duties is answering occasional letters like the following from high school kids around the country: I have a question about something that I read in the Bible the other...
Review: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry, Updated and Expanded Edition
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry, Updated and Expanded Edition by John Piper My rating: 4 of 5 stars Brothers, We Are Not Professionals is not a new book. It's been reviewed before. But the second edition is new, and six...
Beautiful Words from John Donne
I've listened for years to this beautiful choral track (the piece is also on this King's Singers album), and I'm ashamed to say I've never thought to look up the whole text from which it came. I'm glad I finally did. This is beautiful, soul-stirring stuff: If I should...
Dan Quayle Was Right
Potato may be spelled with an "e" or without one, but single parenting is not ideal for kids. Dan Quayle was right on the more important issue. So though I'm a little late (almost a year) noticing this article ("20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about...
A Podcast Worth Listening To
I haven't been able to get into podcasts much; I just don't have much opportunity to listen to stuff. But to my tech life I recently added a bluetooth headset and a (finally) working smartphone (T-Mobile no-contract $30/mo. plan and a used Craigslist phone), and...
Wait on Serving
It happened again. A misunderstanding traceable to the beautiful, excellent, and beloved—but now antiquated—King James Version. A middle-aged, very sharp, but relatively uneducated woman with a significant Christian background came up to me after I preached on a...
New Blog Design; New Mailing Design
If you're an RSS subscriber,check out my new blog design. The crown symbol is meant to represent the ultimate object of our faith, Jesus Christ the King. If you're an e-mail subscriber, I hope you like the new format. I'm now using a fantastic service called...
Insight from Psalm 1
My wife and I were reading Psalm 1 in the Holman Christian Standard Bible, and the way it chose to translate the familiar verse Psalm 1:2 yielded a small insight. This is how I memorized Psalm 1:2 in the KJV: His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth...