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There are a bunch of new Kindle deals worth considering: The MacArthur Bible Commentary is a good choice for a single-volume commentary ($5.99); Church History in Plain Language is an excellent one-vo ... discuss

Today in Washington, D.C. - April 25, 2013 The House is in session but their actions on the floor both yesterday and and as of this report today are editorially not worth reporting. The issues addres ... discuss

What's the current flap about John MacArthur, an evangelical pastor, I wondered? So I googled what he said about Catholics and the Pope. Actually, there were so many entries going back 7 or 8 years, I ... discuss

ass="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, with all that being said, we can now move on to Leviticus 10. It is from this chapter that we get a phrase that is used quite commonly. Tha ... discuss

I have always heard that if you are going to teach something, you should teach what you are passionate about. I am passionate—more like adamant—about the eternal security of the believer. Or as St ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by CBD Reformed. CBD is offering some great Black Friday deals today and you may want to check them out. In the meantime, also be sure to sign up for t ... discuss

It’s Black Friday today, and for the past few days I’ve been trying to put together a list of deals that may be of particular interest to Christians. You can find that page right here. The ... discuss

On the Life & Death of a Child - Bobby Gilles: “Our baby Parker was born and died on Sunday, October 21 around 5:30pm. Until the moment his heart stopped, every medical test throughout Kristen&# ... discuss

I Want to Die in the Trenches - “The local church is the front line of ministry. In the battle against the spiritual forces of evil, the church is the trench. Christ’s bride is dug in, cha ... discuss

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My wife and I were in Louisville, KY this past Thursday and Friday for the Together for Adoption (T4A)  Pastor’s Conference. Three weeks prior to that, I was in Atlanta, GA for the Together for ... discuss

My wife and I were in Louisville, KY this past Thursday and Friday for the Together for Adoption (T4A)  Pastor’s Conference. Three weeks prior to that, I was in Atlanta, GA for the Together for ... discuss

As the book review editor for Sharper Iron, I wanted to spread the word about our “Back to School” Book Giveaway that we’re hosting over at Sharper Iron in the month of September. To ... discuss

Part 13 in a series of excerpts from my book, With Christ in the Voting Booth:Both tyranny and anarchy are religions of the imagination and they must be cast down by the Christian before he casts his ... discuss

You Waste Time - You probably waste a lot of time at work—more time than you think. Check out this infographic and see the main culprits. Did you know, for example, that the average person check ... discuss

Excerpt from Where Do We Find Such Men? (to be published someday):On the second day of September, 1945, Seaman 1/c Richard Wawrzonek could not have had a better station, aboard the battleship Missouri ... discuss

Justin Taylor recently revived Mark Dever’s 2007 series of articles titled “Where’d All These New Calvinists Come From?” This was a ten-part series that looked to the rise of N ... discuss

Strengthening Your Marriage in Ministry - (That link will go live very soon) Today, from 8:30 - 5:30 EST, Southern Seminary is live streaming an event called “Strengthening Your Marriage in Mini ... discuss

By TITO EDWARDS | Why Does the New Testament use the Word Elder for Priests? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales Book Review: After Miscarriage – Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, C ... discuss

In his piece today at NRO , Victor Davis Hanson addresses Barack Obama's disregard for truth and propensity for making up facts to suit the narrative, noting that although H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and ... discuss

There is nothing vainer than the idea that we can restore a nation, rebuild our once great country, and leave Christ out. That’s the whole conservative movement in a nutshell. It’s been apart from ... discuss

I had too many books in my hands from the new book shelf at my local library. Since I only get them for two weeks, I needed to make hard choices. I'm happy I kept Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifle ... discuss

The Korean War started JUNE 25, 1950. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea, killing thousands. General Douglas MacArthur was given command of the U.N. Forces and after a daring landing of troops ... discuss

Why I Love Marilynne Robinson - In The New Yorker, Mark O’Connell writes about his love for Marilynne Robinson’s novels. “When I say that I love Marilynne Robinson’s work, I ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by CBD Reformed who always hosts great giveaways around here. This week they have five prizes, each of which contains the following items:Th ... discuss

Dispatches from the Front - The excellent Dispatches from the Front DVDs are on sale at Westminster Books for just 72 hours. You can get episode 2 for just $5 and the whole series of 5 for $40 (47% of ... discuss

Grace to You - The June issue of Tabletalk magazine has an interview with John MacArthur. I think the most interesting bit comes at the end where he discusses his friendship with R.C. Sproul.That ... discuss

On Sunday, Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the battleship USS Missouri at the end of ceremonies marking the unconditional surrender of Japan and the formal end of World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur spoke for ... discuss

Oh, hell. I give up.From The Miami Herald:One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked ma ... discuss

I saw this picture posted today on Facebook, and I searched for the name on the marker so I knew who this man was. James John Regan gave his life for God and country in 2007. I believe the girl ... discuss

Naked man killed by Police near MacArthur Causeway was ‘eating’ face off victim – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com. A female witness, a road ranger and a police officer, all unidentified, ... discuss

Via Buzzfeed Well, maybe.  He spoke at a DSA event.  But maybe the speakers weren’t socialists.  Let’s see. According to Wikipedia’s entry on William Julius ... discuss

Via Buzzfeed Well, maybe.  He spoke at a DSA event.  But maybe the speakers weren't socialists.  Let's see. According to Wikipedia's entry on William Julius Wilson, Wilson "...id ... discuss

No mention of the 600,000 Carbines .30 or the 1911 .45ACP pistols also in Korea. -- rfh   GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE REFERENCES TO THE SALE OF THE U.S. M1 GARANDS: https://www.google.com/search?s ... discuss

I have been able to conduct a lot of interviews in the many years I’ve been running this blog. A couple of weeks ago I drew up a list of interviews featuring Christian artists. Today I’ve ... discuss

Admit it. Many of you are afraid we will get four more years of Barack Obama. You think he will steal the Republic and make himself King. Some of you think he already has. You’ve seen government gro ... discuss

Benjamin Franklin told us, "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." Socialism is a debilitating confidence game dressed ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by CBD Reformed. As they always do, they are offering up 5 great prize packages, each of which will contain these 3 books:ESV MacArthur Study Bibl ... discuss

I don’t mean to be a curmudgeon and I don’t mean to be insensitive, truly. Perhaps there are rules that govern these things, and I am violating them, or maybe I am just missing some vital ... discuss

Benjamin Franklin told us, "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." Socialism is a debilitating confidence game dressed ... discuss

The 6:4 Fellowships Presents: REdiscover 2012 National Conference May 18-19, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana Contact: Michael Stewart, 888-326-4774, Mike@64fellowship.com INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 1 ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by CBD Reformed, and you know that they always offer up some great prizes. Today they give you your first chance to get ahold of Matt Chandler’s ... discuss

Director Noynoy said that in the first three days of serving the Philippine people he was competent to unearth anomalies dedicated during the previous software. To mention a few: The first six months ... discuss

Atheists rallied, I think. I was told, but didn’t see it myself, so I can’t confirm it, that about 20,000 atheists gathered in Washington on Saturday for a so-called “Reason Rally.” Such apost ... discuss

The Centennial Light, Livermore, California, the world's longest-burning light bulb.  This picture provides a good view of the mechanism of this lamp, as well as its beauty and careful hand-craft ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by CBD Reformed and, as always, they have a pretty good prize for you to win! There will be 5 winners this week and each of those winners will take hom ... discuss

There are a couple more Kindle deals you ought to be aware of: Christian Beliefs by Wayne Grudem (a shortened, condensed version of his Systematic Theology) has been marked down to $3.99. So too has J ... discuss

What happens to infants who die? This is an issue almost every Christian faces at some point during his pilgrimage and it is one for which there is no easy answer. What’s more, surveying the wri ... discuss

Easter is fast approaching. As Christians begin to turn their gaze towards the death and resurrection of the Savior, it seems appropriate that we should look for resources that will help us meditate o ... discuss

Though by definition baptists agree that a person should be baptized only after confessing faith in Jesus Christ, there are several views on how old a believer must be, or should be, before such a con ... discuss

This is now the second of two articles I am writing on the subject of birth control. In the last article I first said that the Bible neither allows nor forbids birth control, I offered two thoughts on ... discuss

Back in 2006, Pastor Joel Tetreau posted a three part series at SharperIron.org called “Three Lines in the Sand”. In it, he explained the landscape of fundamentalism in terms of Type A, Ty ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Kress Publications and they are offering up five great prize packages, each of which contains three great books. Each of the winners will recei ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by CBD Reformed and, as always, they are offering up 5 great prize packages, each of which contains 3 items. Among those items are two of my favorite b ... discuss

Who is Peter Gleick? From his Wikipedia page: Dr. Peter H. Gleick (born 1956) is a scientist working on issues related to the environment, economic development, international security, and scientific ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored the good people at ChristianAudio and they’ve got a pretty sweet prize package for you. Actually, they’ve got 5 of them. Five people will e ... discuss

True Grit - I just finished listening to Donna Tartt’s amazing narration of the novel True Grit. Then I found that she had written this fantastic essay on the book.Romance Novels - Speaking ... discuss

‘God help anyone who would …get in the way of TBN’ This is truly scary stuff. From the OC Register, We told you last week that the granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Paul and Jan ... discuss

Top Bible Publishers Partner Contact: Julie Belschner, Thomas Nelson public relations, 615-902-2244, jbelschner@thomasnelson.com, Tara Powers, Zondervan publicist, 616-233-0500, tpowers@lambert-edwar ... discuss

The Faithfulness Fallacy - Julian looks at recent situations involving John MacArthur and James MacDonald and offers some good wisdom on not falling for the faithfulness fallacy. “In logic an ad ... discuss

The documentary, Chosin, about the escape of UN (mostly US) soldiers from an encirclement by Chinese forces forces us to remember and respect the "Forgotten War." General MacArthur wanted the UN force ... discuss

You never want to waste a good crisis. That is true in politics and religion and any other field that values ideology, that values one thing over another or one thing in place of another. As Christian ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by CBD Reformed. As always they’ve got a great prize package for you—or five of them, as it happens. Crazy Love by Francis Chan - ... discuss

Douglas MacArthur was born JANUARY 26, 1880. He commanded in World War I, was superintendent of West Point, and the youngest Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. A four-star general, he retired in 1939, ... discuss

Note: This is a sponsored post(click here to learn about sponsored posts)Mission Immanuel — Explore God’s World Mission at California’s 2012 Truth & Life ConferenceThe theme of ... discuss

Here are some great Kindle deals to get your week started: Commentary on Ephesians by Robert Gundry is free, today only. Great Doctrines of the Bible by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 928 pages of it, is availab ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by CBD Reformed. As always, they are offering up 5 great prize packages and this week’s prize includes 3 of my favorite books from 2011. Ea ... discuss

It must be intimidating to write a book on marriage. Store shelves are groaning under the weight of titles that claim to have the key to a happy marriage, or a biblical marriage or a gospel-centered m ... discuss

. . .is to love God with all of my mind in 2012.  This one seems to be a struggle for me (since I’m already being vulnerable in my blogs this week, I will confess that).  This resolution has a ... discuss

2011 was a great year for books. While I did not read as many books in 2011 as I have in previous years, I still read quite a few. Today I want to share some of my top picks from the year that was.&nb ... discuss

As we look back on 2011, the “Arab Spring” stands testament to the power of social media. Facebook and Twitter, and other social media sites helped unite and focus a growing distaste for ... discuss

At this year’s Expositor’s Conference there was a Q&A session in which a concerned pastor asked Al Mohler about the influence of Mark Driscoll. Mohler’s answer was winsome and h ... discuss

Uruguay is under pressure to decriminalize abortion in their country. According to LifeSiteNews, a bill that is being considered, if passed, “would eliminate all penalties for abortions during the ... discuss

Uruguay is under pressure to decriminalize abortion in their country. According to LifeSiteNews, a bill that is being considered, if passed, “would eliminate all penalties for abortions during the ... discuss

Reports of the blogosphere’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Another year has come and (just about) gone and the blogosphere continues to be an integral means of communication, and this de ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by CBD Reformed. As always, they are offering up some great prizes, including the brand new book by Tim Keller. This week 5 winners will take hom ... discuss

Prayer Digest appeals for a few prayers this holiday season for believers in Christ who, unlike most reading this blog post, will not have a peaceful Christmas to look forward to.* Christians in Syria ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by CBD Reformed (a company that is also offering up some great Black Friday deals today). This week’s giveaway is a big one (with a retail ... discuss

By popular request, here is a listing of some of the best Black Friday book deals for Christian readers. Note that most of these are Friday-only deals and that in many cases there is limited inventory ... discuss

Recently, a couple of lectures that John MacArthur gave on infant baptism have been making their way around the web. MacArthur begins by bringing up the issue of baptized non-Christians and unbaptized ... discuss

“The sacred and inspired scriptures are sufficient to declare truth” – Athanasius I am joined for the October episode of Echo Zoe Radio by Pastor Mike Abendroth of Bethlehem Bible C ... discuss

Most who follow my blog know that for me to come out and name an institution and criticize it openly is not typical for me. And with the interest my recent post on Fairhaven has generated (more than 1 ... discuss

For the September episode, my friend Dick Kuffel, an elder at Twin City Fellowship in St. Louis Park, MN, joined me to discuss Ephesians 5:25 – Husbands, love your wives. Dick is preparing to pr ... discuss

Dr. John MacArthur, an esteemed and popular Bible teacher, one who is particularly beloved among Christians adhering to the Reformed traditions, has recently penned a warning to his friends about the ... discuss

Gospel-Centered Family - Westminster Books has Tim Chester’s Gospel-Centered Family on sale for just $3.99. “Many books aim to raise up competent, balanced parents and well-trained, well-r ... discuss

One of my favorite conference moments to date has been an interaction between John MacArthur and John Piper. The details are a bit hazy, but if memory serves me correct, they were participating in a p ... discuss

Beer, Bohemianism and True Christian Liberty - John MacArthur continues his series to the Young, Restless and Reformed crowd: “If everything you know about Christian living came from blogs and w ... discuss

I’ve got something a little bit different today. This is a kind of discussion or interview I had with my friend Julian, who was asking me about some of the questions and some of the complication ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is once again sponsored by our friends at CBD Reformed. As they always do, they are offering 5 prizes, each of which will contain 3 great books.Christian Beli ... discuss

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Happy August. It’s a holiday up here in Canada, something we call the Civic holiday. It’s one of those weird holidays where most people get the day off, but some don’t. I’m not ... discuss

John Stott’s death has already generated a lot of memorials. Here are a few that I found particularly interesting: Sandy Grant, Mark Meynell, Andy Le Peau and Timmy Brister. Many more will ... discuss

John MacArthur is in the midst of penning a series of articles that will address (and encourage and scold) the Young, Restless, Reformed movement—this thing they call the New Calvinism. I have o ... discuss

There are lots of good deals on Kindle books these days. Here are a few of them: My book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment is available for $2.99. Lots of others are available for around the sam ... discuss

Banning Weird Names - “In the past two years, the country [New Zealand] has banned 102 names deemed to be too out there. The list includes Baron, Bishop, Duke, General, Judge, Justice, King, Kni ... discuss

Last night I had the privilege of speaking to a big group of teens who traveled up from Tulsa, Oklahoma to do some missions work here in Toronto. What a great encouragement it is to see those teens se ... discuss

In our journey through Exodus, we come to a place where the Pharisees who lived during the time when Christ walked the earth were in clear and direct violation of this Law that they were clinging to f ... discuss

A couple of times a year I like to browse through the statistics software that lies behind this site to see which articles have been read the most. Here, in case you’d like to catch up a little ... discuss

One of the many gifts my parents bequeathed to me is a love of history. I have not seen my parents read many Christian living or spiritual growth books, but I have seen them read countless biographies ... discuss

I recently added a feedback and suggestion component to this site that allows readers like you to suggest topics for me to consider writing about. This has generated a lot of fantastic ideas, many of ... discuss

This is an interesting little excerpt from Iain Murray’s recent biography of John MacArthur. In his Introduction Murray seeks to show what makes a man a leader among evangelicals. He offers a fi ... discuss

Those who visit this blog regularly probably have noticed that I have become a staunch advocate of reformed theology here on Jordan's View. The transition was gradual-- I went from being charismatica ... discuss

Isn't the whole point of religion to teach us morals and to love and care for each other no matter what age, gender, sexual preference, religion or race we are?The question was one among many comments ... discuss

Application of The Religious Affections to the Fundamentalist Movement The movement known as Fundamentalism has manifested itself in a variety of ways. It will be my aim during the applica ... discuss

Those who visit this blog regularly probably have noticed that I have become a staunch advocate of reformed theology here on Jordan's View. The transition was gradual-- I went from being charismatica ... discuss

Isn't the whole point of religion to teach us morals and to love and care for each other no matter what age, gender, sexual preference, religion or race we are?The question was one among many comments ... discuss

I just saw a link to a blog post by Brian Dodd on “The Top 10 Christian Leaders You Should Be Following On Twitter.” He has set out some criteria as to whom may be on the list. Of course, the crit ... discuss

Heaven Is a Real Place, But… - I appreciated this perspective on the book Heaven is for Real: “What disturbs me are the reports I am hearing anecdotally from people about how Heaven Is For ... discuss

I have a deep respect for John MacArthur. I admire the man himself, having met him several times; I admire the teacher, having had many opportunities to sit under his teaching; I admire the writer, ha ... discuss

Welcome to June! To welcome you to this new month, I’ve got a great batch of desktop wallpapers for you to download to your computer, cell phone, tablet or anything else that needs some prettyin ... discuss

This spring we’ve had rain, rain and more rain. And when the rain has ended, there’s been a little bit more rain. I am starting to get a glimpse of what it must be like to live in Vancouve ... discuss

This week’s sponsor of Free Stuff Fridays is Gospel eBooks. Gospel eBooks is a website that lets you know about free and heavily discounted Christian books for the Amazon Kindle. Their mission i ... discuss

Christianity Today highlighted Reformed Rap and Hip-Hop. Click here, to see a .pdf of an entire page describing the key Reformed artists and this new phenomenon. Some of the key rappers include: T ... discuss

As I was studying this week, in preparation for the sermon I preached this morning, I came across some interesting quotes from John MacArthur. MacArthur has been preaching about Genesis 3:16 and the c ... discuss

This month Phil Johnson returns to discuss the Reformation doctrine of Sola Fide with me. Phil is the executive director of Grace to You, the tape and radio ministry that features the teachings of Joh ... discuss

If you want to know what someone really believes you should look at how they live. Now, of course we should be emphasizing the positive good news of the gospel. We should be speaking in such a way a ... discuss

Isn't the whole point of religion to teach us morals and to love and care for each other no matter what age, gender, sexual preference, religion or race we are?The question was one among many comments ... discuss

Christine Pack of Sola Sisters returns this month to talk about Universalism, Christian Universalism, and Rob Bell’s latest book Love Wins. An outline of the interview is as follows: We began ... discuss

Bell’s Inferno - John MacArthur completes his series on Rob Bell. “The sad reality is that if Rob Bell does not confess the truth in this life, one day he will realize how wrong his unders ... discuss

There have been rumors about Keith’s treatment of women for a while now. Specifically, people have said he’s a misogynist creep. Well, apparently Keith wanted to put the rumors to rest onc ... discuss

Again, I apologize for the lack of blogging over the past 3 days. I had assumed that I would have lots of things to blog about at The Gospel Coalition. Instead I found myself running around with barel ... discuss

Allan Carlson has a nice piece showing how the atheist Margaret Sanger co-opted turn of the century anti-Catholicism. Her eugenics past I knew, but much of the specific history is new to me. Two thing ... discuss

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays sponsor is a regular around here and one you know well by now—CBD Reformed. And as they always do, they are offering five prizes, each of which contains thre ... discuss

* A little longer than usual. This is one-and-a-half lessons combined into one.The Sabbath Commandment that we talked about last time—many times we think of it as being a Commandment that is concern ... discuss

Last time we saw that the reason God commanded the people of Israel to keep the Sabbath was as a reminder that in six literal, 24-hour days God created the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that ... discuss

A friend has been encouraging me to read Chronicles for several years. It's her favorite magazine and, after reading the March issue, I understand why. Published by the Rockford Institute, Chronicles ... discuss

In a sermon from the series  The Christian’s Duty in a Hostile World, John MacArthur connects two glorious truths: the centrality of Jesus’ resurrection and that “faith cannot be re ... discuss

Even the Washington Post editors are decrying Barack Obama's pathetic response to the Libyan massacres. And it's in a tone that suggests the left-leaning newspaper is perhaps beginning to ask the ques ... discuss

Some of the passages we will look at:Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16; Jn 1:33; Ac 1:5; 11:16 (see especially v17); 1 Cor 12:13 To many I would be seen as a Reformed-Charismatic. However, I would rather be k ... discuss

John MacArthur John MacArthur has done a great series of sermons on the theology of work, called Wisdom in the Workplace. From his first sermon in this series: \"I don't know if you think abo ... discuss

Herewith the annual year in review.  As always, thanks to Wikipedia for refreshing my memory about the year's highlights.  I trust my friends overseas will again be understanding about my te ... discuss

Karla Tadler is a stay-at-home mother of five, who has a ministry on Facebook that is moving into a new home on the web as well. The Facebook page is “Identifying False Teaching in Christian Boo ... discuss

A Facebook friend wrote to me concerning the question whether Christians should celebrate Christmas. This person wrote to me: “I already have strong convictions, but I wonder what you think?” Thi ... discuss

We saw last week that, although it is a very hard thing to imagine, but God is glorified, and is seen to be a true and righteous God, when He commends sinners to eternal punishment in Hell. We talked ... discuss

This article contains my hopes and dreams for the raising up of my future sons. It is written as a letter from me to them.My son(s),I desire above all that you come to a personal relationship with the ... discuss

Ligonier Ministries posted a statement today from R.C. Sproul titled The Manhattan Declaration: Why didn’t you sign it, R.C.?I would say I'm relieved that R.C. did not sign it but I never had any do ... discuss

Last week saw the release of The Manhattan Declaration, a document crafted by Chuck Colson, Robert George and Timothy George and signed by a long list of Evangelical, Catholic and Orthodox leaders. I ... discuss

Dad & The Dude preparing for war September 11, 2001 “I didn’t turn my saber into no plowshare,” John Wayne, The Searchers photo credit: Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D. USA has ... discuss

As of July 20, 2009:• The Brainroom counts 32 czars in the Obama administration, based on media reports from reputable sources that have identified the official in question as a czar.• In addition ... discuss

Those who visit this blog regularly probably have noticed that I have become a staunch advocate of reformed theology here on Jordan's View. The transition was gradual-- I went from being charismatica ... discuss

With the pending offensive coming through the Emerging Church rebellion against Sola Scriptura to be launched full-scale this year it's a good time for real Christians to review proper views concernin ... discuss

This article contains my hopes and dreams for the raising up of my future sons. It is written as a letter from me to them.My son(s),I desire above all that you come to a personal relationship with the ... discuss

“Keep that blog going!” John MacArthur said after signing my Bible and adding the citation Joshua 1:8: “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate ... discuss

Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Congregational singing: "Redeemed, Redeemed." Introduction of Dr. Allen by Dr. Jerry Vines. Dr. David Allen: Quote of John 3:16. Argument against Limited atonement qu ... discuss

After the publication of The Reason for God, Newsweek hailed Tim Keller as "a C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century." That is a lofty comparison and one I'm sure must make Keller quite uncomfortable ... discuss

I still remember getting my first study Bible. It was many years ago, probably in the late 80's, that my parents gave me the gift of a brand new NIV Study Bible. I used that Bible daily for many years ... discuss

Today is Catechetical Sunday. This year's theme focuses on, “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” Those who have been delegated by the community to serve as catechists will be ... discuss

In part 1 of this series, I presented an overview of the healing message touted by many of today's "faith healers" (e.g., Benny Hinn, Todd Bentley, Reinhard Bonnke and numerous others), a message that ... discuss

Jill Stanek vs Obama and Obamaside Part 7Part 1: New Documents Revealing Obama's cover up on Born Alive Infant ProtectionPart 2: Jill Stanek vs Obama. Jill documents her credibility in response to Oba ... discuss

Tuesday July 29, 2008New Third Day Third Day's new album (Revelation) releases today. You can listen to it in its entirety at JesusfreakHideout. Free from John MacArthur Travis has news of a free Mac ... discuss

Thursday July 10, 2008Back From Mars Nathan Williams, who writes for Pulpit Magazine, recently went to Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids and is writing about his experience. Intellectuals Lie, t ... discuss

Wednesday June 25, 200812 Sins We Blame on Others Here is sound wisdom from Ben Reaoch, pastor of Three Rivers Grace Church in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. WORLD on The Shack WORLD has an article about T ... discuss

(Regular readers will recall that I am producing this series in no particular logical or chronological order).In a way, I guess I grew up with the modern conservative movement. The year I was born, ... discuss

I think pro-lifers should be more pro-active in recalling the history of their movement. The original big players are getting on in years, and some have died. We have to remember where we've been to s ... discuss

That means that YOU are listening!After decades of comparing Nixon to Hitler, Reagan to Hitler and Bush to Hitler, liberals have finally decided it is wrong to make comparisons to Hitler. But the only ... discuss

BY: FERN SIDMAN As Jews around the world celebrated the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel as a modern state, the annual Yom Ha’Atzmaout (Israeli Independence Day) festivities in New Yor ... discuss

New Jersey Hall of Fame welcomes first-ever classIf you ask the Boss, New Jersey doesn't often get the respect it deserves.But Sunday night, as he took his place among the first-ever inductees to the ... discuss

Thursday May 1, 2008Top Ten Books for Students Points for originality go to the team who put together this video for the New Word Alive 2008 conference. Together for the Gospel Approved Book List Her ... discuss

7:41 a.m. PT: I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve talked trash about California: “Hey, if the Mexicans want California, give it to them!” “Full of liberals and ... discuss

In the past months you may well have heard me mention The Elisha Foundation. This is a foundation I first discovered through my pastor (who is a regular speaker at the Foundation’s annual retrea ... discuss

I haven't had a chance to listen to the T4G sessions yet, but they all sound terrific.  MacArthur's Sinner Neither Able Nor Willing will be on my iPod tomorrow morning as I make my way to work i ... discuss

This is my last planned post about Together for the Gospel. I want to use it to provide some final links and information. Then I'm going to move on to other things. Or at least that's the plan for now ... discuss

I went to see the movie EXPELLED on its opening day at one of the Carmike Cinemas. The facility was very clean and attractive. The employees were courteous. Ten dollars for a bag of popcorn and a drin ... discuss

Recently I’ve spotted my book in some interesting places. This first picture was one I snapped a short time ago in a bathroom. My book is at least in good company there, sandwiched between title ... discuss

Here are some more photographs from the conference—these ones from day two. Worshiping through song. Worshiping the Lord together. John MacArthur receiving a medallion commemorating 25 years si ... discuss

Day two of Together for the Gospel began early. I assume my experience is typical in that I went too bed too late last night and arose blurry-eyed so I could get some breakfast and make my way to the ... discuss

Ephesians 5:21-3322 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, ju ... discuss

I am on my way to Together for the Gospel. Two vans loaded down with guys from my church (and from a couple of other local churches) are currently heading down the 401 (and then I-75), hoping to arriv ... discuss

Thursday April 10, 2008BoSox, Buckner and Worship Irish Calvinist has a good article looking at the Red Sox, Bill Buckner and the worship of worship. Interview with John Eldredge Denny Burk posted an ... discuss

Scott Lamb is both a friend and a contributor to Discerning Reader. I’m pretty sure he reads even more books than I do and we knew that sooner or later he and I would read the same title at the ... discuss

Follows strategy advocated long ago by racist Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, April 3, 2008 (c-fam.org)- A two-year old report has come to light th ... discuss

If you are working to forward the Culture of Death, then this is your golden opportunity.NEW YORK — A two-year old report has come to light that encourages foundations to fund religious organization ... discuss

This marks the third interview I’ve completed with artists involved in various disciplines. I first interviewed Max McLean about performance art and then Makoto Fujimura on his abstract art. T ... discuss

For proclaiming March 30 - April 5, 2008 to be Nebraska Home Education Week:WHEREAS, The State of Nebraska desires to promote excellence in education; andWHEREAS, Dozens of studies confirm that childr ... discuss

Perhaps you read Christianity Today's cover feature "Young, Restless, Reformed" in September 2006, that described the "comeback of Calvinism". Maybe you've encountered someone speaking enthusiastical ... discuss

I have now come to the end of publishing the top 30 posts of all time on my blog. I have compiled a list here, with links back to the original posts. I hope you enjoyed remembering these posts as much ... discuss

I can't offer two conferences for the price of one, but I can—in one post—discuss two conferences which, for all the similarities of their names, do have some important differences. For a start, t ... discuss

No. 4 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on August 21, 2007, and was one in a series of posts that catalogued a major debate about baptism and church membership which took place onli ... discuss

Yesterday I posted a prayer for the Lord’s Day eve and said that I had made that prayer my own. Unfortunately that venerable Puritan neglected to pray for health and good sleep and, as it happen ... discuss

As a follow up to an earlier post regarding a fund raiser for Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, we direct you to the list of sponsors and donors. Source: Haute Pink Party 2008Big Island Getaway - Hilton ... discuss

The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has just released two studies that show Americans want to offer youth offenders a better solution than incarceration. According to one of the studies ... discuss

Sure, I know I said I'd be sleep-walking till at least the convention, but I have an obligation to my readers, and duty comes before somnambulance. Ergo, a careful review of the remaining choices:Romn ... discuss

No. 18 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on August 27, 2007. At the Shepherd's Conference earlier last year, John MacArthur underestimated the likely fury of non-dispensational Calv ... discuss

This is the third and final article in this short series dealing with inerrancy and with the Bible’s supposed errors and contradictions. In the last article we defined what inerrancy is not and ... discuss

Did Jesus learn the Golden Rule from his travels to India and Asia? Did Jesus steal his "Love Thy Neighbor As Yourself" from the great Confusious? As it turns out, the Golden Rule was part of the J ... discuss

One of my goals in 2007 was to create more multimedia presentations on various topics. Unfortunately, they take a long time to plan, design, and create. I actually have two unfinished projects. O ... discuss

The Bible versus other weaker authorities claimed by men.     John MacArthur Explains Authority of Scripture An explanation of why scripture is inerrant.     Providin ... discuss

Thursday December 20, 2007An Interview with John MacArthur This personal interview from Pulpit Magazine is a good opportunity to get to know John MacArthur just a bit better. Straight Answers about M ... discuss

Ephesians 1:7-14--< ?xml:namespace prefix = o /> 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all ... discuss

Friday December 14, 2007Christians and Labor Unions John MacArthur gives his take on Christians, labor unions, and strikes. ... discuss

Part 4 of Pastor MacArthur's message on the birth of Christ to a chaste virgin. There are many who don't think this kind of thing is possible. It doesn't make rational sense. These people don't know t ... discuss

Matthew recorded that definitely understanding that Isaiah intended to predict that the Messiah would be born of a virgin. Jesus used the word parthenos three times in the parable of the Ten Virgins i ... discuss

Part 2 of 4 on this topic vital to knowing Christ. Part 1 can be read here.--------------------There have been some amazing births, some miraculous births, as we just saw. And even some wonderful achi ... discuss

The following is from a sermon given by pastor John MacArthur, on the virgin birth of Christ. The transcript is quite long, so I've chopped it into 4 smaller parts.I would encourage you to open your B ... discuss

Over at “Cowboyology,” Clint Humphreys has posted an interesting take on the Baptist wing of the Reformed Renewal we’re experiencing today. A former Professor of New Testament at Tor ... discuss

I have a busy weekend lined up, so I want to get these next things up ahead of time:First, tomorrow, November 10th is the anniversary of two noteworthy events:The first of these is the wreck of the fr ... discuss

We were moving to Arkansas in the middle of our Military Unit back in the early part of the school year (October) 2005-6. We didn't get very many field trips done for that unit (and that was a shame b ... discuss

So many milk toast Christians and pulpit pimps have been asked point blank by Larry King if Jews, Muslims and others can get into Heaven if they don’t accept Christ (including himself). So many ... discuss

Another week under the bridge like so much sludge through the filtration systems of the blogosphere. Consider this your filter; I put on my waders and trudge through the sludge of the blogosphere, plu ... discuss

Ah, well, nevertheless, I did do some catching up yesterday, and realized that the MacArthur Daily Bible started selections from Ephesians on Sunday. We'll have one more day - tomorrow - reading Eph ... discuss

Last week I went to Ottawa to enjoy my cousin's wedding. It was a beautiful, classy, simple wedding. While the service was great from beginning to end, I particularly enjoyed the brief sermon which dr ... discuss