The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood will be at the Gospel Coalition’s national conference this coming Monday-Wednesday, April 8-10, 2013. We’re very excited about this conference, because we love the gospel and count it as the core of all our work and ministry. It is a signal mark of health in evangelicalism that so [...]
Despite America’s Consumerist Pace, Leaders Must Rest
March 23, 2013 By
I came across a terrific piece by Brian Howard of the Sojourn Network a bit ago. It’s entitled “You Have to Stop Working Sometimes,” and it’s well worth your time. This is especially true if you fit the model of the type A, driven, aggressive kind of person, regardless of what kind of field you’re [...]
The Woman Who Aborted Two Babies–and Found God’s Grace
February 8, 2013 By
Mars Hill Church just published a moving testimony by a Seattle woman named Holly Webster. Holly shares in her essay how she had two abortions early in life and felt continual shame for her sin. What was it that loosed her, as she remembers it? It was confession of sin. Holly explains her gospel epiphany: [...]
On the “Queen James Bible”: Is the Bible “Homophobic”?
February 6, 2013 By
I just wrote an essay for Baptist Press on the recently released “Queen James Bible,” whose editors (an insufficient term, in this case) argue that the Bible is “homophobic.” I responded to this charge and gave some thoughts on how to conceive of the Bible’s response to homosexual practice. Here’s a bit: But what about the central [...]
“The Gospel Has Broken Through These Barriers”: Salvation of a Scottish Ruffian
February 1, 2013 By
If you’ve never heard of Mez McConnell, his testimony in this video will bless you. It shows that God’s gospel is unstoppable. McConnell was a child from a broken home who was living a hopeless, dissolute, desperate life when the Lord got ahold of him in a Scottish prison. You almost could not script a [...]
Dear Discouraged Christian: Here’s Some Gospel Encouragement
December 1, 2012 By 2 Comments
If you are feeling discouraged from events in recent days, you may need some encouragement. You have come to the right place, my friend. Two recent articles in secular media have offered surprising testimony to the vitality of Christianity in dark places. The first, from the Guardian, is on the rise of Calvinism in Chinese churches. [...]
Fresh New Books: Trevin Wax on Counterfeit Gospels
May 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I love book dedications, you know, the few words at the very beginning of a text that record in whose honor the manuscript was written. Books are such an obsession for me that I don’t just love the main body, but the ephemera–the introduction, acknowledgements, dedication, and more. For example, authors typically disclaim that though [...]
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