[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bounty_tall_ship.jpg] Picture yourself for a moment a few centuries ago as a passenger on a storm-tossed sailing vessel in the

Recently I was asked by Dave over at Armchair Theology [http://www.armchair-theology.net/]if I would be willing to answer a few questions about my blog, interview style.  I was like,

[http://www.sbts.edu/resources/lectures/faculty-addresses/justification-by-faith/] About ten years ago, Roman Catholicism was without a doubt the number one issue troubling me.  The question of authority, as well

Perhaps we should call it "_Faux Pas_toring," with the second word pronounced "pah-ster-ing."    You know, the committing of those little violations of accepted social norms while

A good friend of mine recently called to ask me about a perplexing passage in Matthew.  We discussed the issue at some length, and I gave what I thought was a fair interpretation.

Teaching my Old Testament students from Hosea this week, I was confronted again with what His people's sin and idolatry look like to God.  We look like a prostitute to Him.

> It is an observation worthy of attention, that false religions have commonly been more successful than the true one, in persuading men to devote their substance to sacred uses; not surely because

[http://www.albertmohler.com/2011/02/28/tip-temporary-title-2/]In one of his more recent and fascinating podcasts, Dr. Mohler discusses the subject of man’s nature with well known evolutionary

I always enjoy reading Anthony Bradley, a _WORLD _magazine columnist.  Dr. Bradley, an Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics atThe King’s College [http://www.tkc.edu/]in New York City as well

The startling headline grabbed my attention: "Religion May Become Extinct in Nine Nations [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197]". Reported yesterday by the BBC, a group of researchers,

Hopefully what I am about to tell you is not true for other pastors.  Yet given the epidemic, I would not be surprised if it were so.  Over the last decade of my

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/green-anole-01.jpg] "Dad, guess what?  You'll be so surprised!" My eight year-old daughter Celia said breathlessly on