A well-known Washington Post article revealed some fascinating tidbits about Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen. At the top of the list, was Pence’s proclamation in 2002 that, “he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife.”1 The article revealed what many Americans have learned in recent months about Mike andContinue reading “The Puritanical Genius of Mike Pence”
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All Torn Up
I cannot get the image out of my mind. It keeps playing back in slow motion, like Joe Montana hurling a football into the end zone to Jerry Rice. But 70,000 fans are not screaming. Instead, millions of Americans are horrified. Nancy Pelosi is ripping the State of the Union Address to shreds. Slowly. Deliberately.Continue reading “All Torn Up”
Steal Away Home – Matt Carter and Aaron Ivey (2017)
Originally posted on Veritas et Lux:
Matt Carter and Aaron Ivey, Steal Away Home, Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2017, 294 pp. $14.60 Church history is filled with stories of courage, adventure, adversity, and persecution. From the exile of Athanasius, the martyrdom of John Rogers and William Tyndale, or Luther’s trial at Worms, these stories are…
The White Flag: When Compromise Cripples the Church – Foreword
Peacetime Christianity does not exist. Not yet anyway. Not as long as we wage war with the world, the flesh, and the devil. Until Jesus comes back, the battle rages and there are no days off. Not everyone sees it this way, of course. I remember in my first pastorate when a deacon told meContinue reading “The White Flag: When Compromise Cripples the Church – Foreword”
THE UNQUENCHABLE FLAME: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation – Michael Reeves (2009)
Originally posted on Veritas et Lux:
I place books on church history in two distinct categories – boring or breathtaking. The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation by Michael Reeves is of the later sort. The Puritan, Richard Sibbes called the Reformation “that fire which all the world shall never be able to…
The Eclipse of the Gospel and the School of Hard Knox
Originally posted on Veritas et Lux:
A Powerful Man I stood in the shadow of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. Clouds gathered overhead and people walked curiously through the front doors. Here, the famous reformer, John Knox faithfully tended the flock until his death in 1572. Once inside this massive cathedral, I was transfixed…
A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin by David S. Steele
Originally posted on The Heavy Laden Bookshelf:
When a book ministers to us is as important as how it ministers to us. Just as some sermons strike some of us as adequate but are life changing to others. So it is with books. At this age and stage of life, I read many books that…
A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin
My recent book, A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin is available now! Here’s a brief synopsis. “… But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word” (Isaiah 66:2). A Godward Gaze is a snapshot of a man onContinue reading “A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin”
No Final Conflict – Francis Schaeffer (1975)
“It is my conviction that the crucial area of discussion for evangelicalism in the next years will be Scripture. At stake is whether evangelicalism will remain evangelical.” So stated Francis Schaeffer in his 1975 landmine, No Final Conflict. While this treasure was penned over forty years ago, it remains relevant and applicable to 21st-century culture.Continue reading “No Final Conflict – Francis Schaeffer (1975)”
Bold Reformer and Reformation Day
The paperback version of my book, Bold Reformer: Celebrating the Gospel-Centered Convictions of Martin Luther is now available on Amazon for $11.78, but only for a limited time. The Kindle version is also available for $2.99. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed the ninety-five theses to the castle door in Wittenberg. One act of courageContinue reading “Bold Reformer and Reformation Day”
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