Leader Denies Muslim Women the Right to Choose

Grateful for God’s Free Gift
I saw a disturbing play last weekend.  It was disturbing because it spoke the truth about the condition of man.  Extinction is the story of two men who, for a decade since their friendship began in college, have met annually in Atlantic City to revel in all the drugs, gambling, and women the city has to offer.  This year, however, things have changed.  For the first man, an awareness of the inevitability of death causes him to grasp even more desperately at all the world has to offer while he still can; he knows of nothing greater to grasp for.  And though the second man’s eyes have been opened to the fleeti

Should We Sing Only Psalms?
The earliest Protestant churches (the Reformed ones, not the Lutheran ones) sang only Psalms in their worship services, and they did so a capella (with no instrumental accompaniment). Here is a quotation from John Calvin on this subject (HT: The Heidelblog): As for public prayers, there are two kinds: the one consists simply of speech, the other of song…And indeed, we know from exper

ETS/EPS 2009
Tomorrow I’ll be on my way to the 2009 Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society and Philosophical Society. Friday at 10am I’ll be presenting my paper: “Virtues and the Case for Christ: Virtue Apologetics as the Connection between Character Development and Evangelism” If you’re going to be at ETS, drop me a note or stop by and say hello! Related posts:2009 Ligonier Conference: Live Webcast

Book Review: Design Intervention by Mel McGowan
Looking around at many of the church buildings and facilities standing today, it seems that they either had not the money or interest in using architecture for more than building a roof. In fact, some church buildings are down right ugly, and one has to wonder what message these buildings communicate to the community around them. Is religion, or Christianity more specifically, just as old and irrelevant as these buildings? Architect Mel McGowan has been advocating a different approach to church and ministry facilities, and he captures them in his book, Design Intervention: Revolutionizing Sacred Space. M

Recapturing Evangelical
Amy and I are excited to be part of a new blog put together by Joe Carter at First Things. It’s called “Evangel,” and it’s meant to be a place where evangelical voices can be heard. Some of the great contributors include Justin Taylor, Russell D. Moore, John Mark Reynolds and Hunter Baker. Amy and I will definitely still be blogging here, but we also couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a part of the Evangel project. Here’s the lead on my first post there: Though still relatively young, I would like to think that I’ve grown and matured in my understanding and perspective