Gairney Bridge

As probably most pastors will tell you (at least those without the benefit of a church secretary!), one of those unwritten job tasks is sorting out the junk mail that comes nearly every day. Now, I don’t mean the ordinary junk mail (sale papers and the like) that show up at your house — I’m […]

For any who have studied church history, the name of Charles Finney is difficult to overlook. And any serious study would have probably uncovered the fact that Rev. Finney did more to damage the church of our day than nearly anyone else from the 19th century. Granted, there were others of that time who taught […]

I read a comment by John Stott last week (from his commentary on Galatians) that too many people have a warm and fuzzy view on God that just isn’t Biblical. “God is not a sentimental Father Christmas [I suppose we Americans would say ‘Santa Claus’], but the righteous Judge of men.” This morning, I read […]

A lot of discussion is going around about a comment that Mike Huckabee made about Mormonism (really, a question of uncertainty: “Don’t Mormons believe the Devil and Jesus are brothers?”). Apparently, the question is denied by Mormon authorities, and the Mormon in the pew denies it as well.
A Latter Day Saint spokeswoman, in response to […]

This sermon, on Galatians 3:6-9, was preached at Midlane Park Presbyterian Church on December 9, 2007.
WWAD?
Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.   7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.   […]

I really enjoy reading Graeme Goldsworthy. I had not heard of him (he is an Anglican professor at Moore Theological College in Australia; he may be retired now, I am not certain) until about 2 years ago, when I was attending a preaching conference in Wheaton, IL. He is able to explain Biblical Theology in […]

This sermon was preached at Midlane Park Presbyterian Church on December 2, 2007. This was also a Lord’s Day in which the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was observed. The text for the sermon is Galatians 3:1-5, one of my favorite passages of the Apostle Paul.
Those Foolish Galatians!
“You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before […]

Here’s a cute holiday gimmick by the folks at Office Max. Click on the link below if you’d like to see my wife, my cat, and ME as dancing elves…
http://tinyurl.com/yntnqf
UPDATE: My friend Trey has “decided” (via his nit-picky comments!) to volunteer as an elf as well! The more the jollier!!!
http://tinyurl.com/36em53

I really do love my denomination, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. One of the “distinctives” of the ARP (which, if I’m not mistaken, diverges somewhat from the ARP historically — we used to practice exclusivity psalmody, for instance) is a “big tent” approach to worship. Granted, I don’t like the idea of tearing one another […]

I stumbled across this article by Richard Gaffin (Dr. Gaffin spoken at Erskine Seminary a few years ago while I was a student there, and I got him to sign a couple of books for me; one was his book on Calvin and the Sabbath, and he remarked that he was surprised that students were […]