A New Website from Timothy Paul Jones
Timothy Paul Jones—well known author, speaker, and seminary professor—recently launched his new website, TimothyPaulJones.com. At the site you can find access to several of Jones’ books and articles from his blog. Below are a few selections from the blog you might find helpful. Who Decided Which Books Belong in My Bible? Why Caesar Still Gets Your Taxes Even When [...]
My Review of Michael Kruger’s ‘Canon Revisited’ at the Gospel Coalition
I recently reviewed Michael Kruger’s excellent new book, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books, for the Gospel Coalition. Below is an excerpt and a link to the entire review. I highly recommend this book. In his latest book, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of New Testament Books, Michael Kruger wants [...]
Parents, Do Not Provoke Your Children to Anger
In his helpful little book, The Fulfilled Family: God’s Design for Your Home, John MacArthur provides a list of ways parents may unintentionally provoke their children to anger. MacArthur encourages parents to recognize and avoid these potential pitfalls for the good of their children and for the general happiness of their homes. He also reminds [...]
Teachable Moments: Heroes, Sports, and Jeremy Lin
If you are a parent of children old enough to play sports, chances are they have experienced some kind of athletic competition—even if it is only in the living room with dad: wrestling, tossing the orange sphere into an over-sized hoop, conducting reenactments from the latest football game, or perfecting their swing with a big [...]
A New Year: Two Simple Resolutions
The turn of the new year is, for many, a time of reflection and life evaluation. Often, our self-appraisals result in the making of personal resolutions. A few years ago, shortly after I first discovered Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions, I was prompted to write some resolutions of my own. The result was a collection of verbose, lofty, [...]
Handling Controversy, Part II: Good Words from Martyn Lloyd Jones
When we are in the midst of controversy, there are two temptations that can easily encroach on our souls: pride and self-righteousness. When we are convinced of the truth and see clearly the errors of another, it is very easy to be tempted to look down on that person (or group of people) and feel [...]
Handling Controversy, Part I: The Example of Charles Spurgeon
In his excellent book, The Forgotten Spurgeon, Iain Murray focuses on an aspect of Spurgeon’s life that has been overlooked in recent times: Spurgeon’s faithful commitment to Bible doctrine, primarily the doctrines of free grace and God’s sovereignty in salvation. These theological commitments, however, often put Spurgeon in the midst of controversy. Toward the latter half of [...]
Compassionate Engagement, Part 6: Schaeffer’s Enduring Influence
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Francis Schaeffer’s enduring influence upon evangelicals and evangelicalism cannot be overlooked. In great measure, Francis Schaeffer taught evangelicals the value of intellectual engagement. While in Europe, Schaeffer began to see the fault of fundamentalism lying primarily in its strident separatism. As he would interact with [...]
Compassionate Engagement, Part 5: Schaeffer’s Political Activism
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Up to this point in his life, Schaeffer had remained aloof to political activity. He would become convinced, however, that political involvement was the only logical step given his theory that the decline of Western thought and morality was due to departure from biblical [...]
Compassionate Engagement, Part 4: A Few of Schaeffer’s Most Significant Works
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The subject matter of Schaeffer’s speaking tours would eventually become the content of three important books, The God who is There, Escape from Reason, He is There and He is Not Silent, published in 1968, 1969, and 1972 respectively. In these books Schaeffer sought to [...]
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