From the Reformed Forum: Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy review Chris Brauns’ book Bound Together: How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices published by Zondervan. This book is a welcome and accessible introduction to the biblical conception…
Holy Week: What Happened on Tuesday
Justin Taylor’s helpful series of posts summarizes what happened on Tuesday of Holy Week. With help from the ESV Study Bible, here’s an attempted harmony/chronology of the words and actions of Jesus in the final week of his pre-resurrection life.…
A Literary Quiz
Literature is part of the “great conversation” in which authors interact with central questions. If you want a wonderful introduction to literature, then I recommend Tony Reinke’s book, Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading. You can read more about Tony’s…
Why Christians Should Read Fiction
Russell Moore: I’ve found that most people who tell me that fiction is a waste of time are folks who seem to hold to a kind of sola cerebra vision of the Christian life that just doesn’t square with the…
Calculating the Cost of Lottery Tickets
Saying that the lottery costs a person $2 is like telling the cancer free that cancer costs them nothing. According to a lottery ad campaign the “price of a dream” is only $2. I get it. Tickets cost two dollars.…
Reviews of Bound Together
Two major reviews of Bound Together: How We are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices have recently been published. First, Dr. Greg Forster wrote a review for The Gospel Coalition web site. Forster is program director at the…
Read Before Pinching: Patrick Was Not a Leprachaun
Russell Moore on Patrick: To our shame, most evangelical Protestants tend to think of Saint Patrick as a leprechaun. As we watch the annual drunken parades and pop-culture consumerism of the March holiday, no one could seem more removed from…
The Best Part of Being a Pastor
Love is the best part. Last week, our church gave me a birthday party as I have now sojourned this earth these 50 years . . . All the cards were great . . . notes like the one Elaine…
Bound Together Quiz Winners for the Week
It was a good days for “Bricks” in the Red Brick Church. The Kings won a copy of Bound Together and the Coesters won a copy of Michael Horton’s book, Pilgrim Theology. It’s not too late to take the quiz…
An Encouraging Word for Mothers of Young Children
Andy Naselli quotes Carson and Lloyd-Jones to encourage young mothers: Martyn Lloyd-Jones once spoke with a group of medical students who complained that in the midst of their training and the ferocious work hours they really didn’t even have time…