Monthly Archives: November 2011

Albert Mohler writes in his blog regarding Herman Cain and the recent allegations of sexual impropriety: We live in a morally confused age, but there is little confusion about the fact that sexual behavior and personal character are inseparable. Just … Continue reading →

Jill confides that the recent spate of lay-offs at her husband’s company makes her fear that he’s next, and so she hasn’t been sleeping well.  The mother who’s recently heard of a young boy’s death obsesses that one of her … Continue reading →

A video clip of an ESPN discussion — Skip Bayless jousts with Stephen A. Smith regarding Tebow, the Religious Right, moral standards, and racial resentment.

Russell Moore provides excellent insight in his article that he recently published in Moore to the Point: We tend to idealize holidays, but human depravity doesn’t go into hibernation between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. One thing that will hit most … Continue reading →

Justin Taylor’s Blog commented on a project to import manhood into the presently manless U.S. urban culture: Over 20 years John Piper lamented: Little help is being given to a son’s question, “Dad, what does it mean to be a man … Continue reading →

  Sometimes when The Lord circumstantially spoils our personal plans, we think He’s treating us as an enemy, when in truth, He’s acting as our best friend. The legend says that Genghis Khan, the Mongol king of the 13th century, … Continue reading →

Hugh Latimer (1485-1555), the English Reformer, often preached before Henry VIII, and on one occasion enraged the king with his boldness.  So he was commanded to preach the following weekend and make an apology.  On the next Sunday, after reading the text, … Continue reading →

By Detroit Free Press writer Jo-Ann Barnas HOLLAND — He wanted to slip in quietly, like old times, but that was impossible. Word was out — Kirk Cousins is in the building! — and before he found a vacant seat in Mark … Continue reading →

Smallness of heart won’t minister, while largeness of heart will. A large heart for ministry brings painful things, but glorious things. Cultivate deafness and we will never hear discord, but neither will we hear the glorious strains of a great … Continue reading →

In A Mother’s Grief Observed (Tyndale 1997, p. xiiif), Rebecca Faber recounts the moments surrounding the death of their precious 18-month-old son, William, who had recently acted like a little pirate, clenching fish-shaped crackers in his chubby hand: I remember … Continue reading →