Priorities

In Reed, North Carolina, you will find the Reed gold mine. It was first excavated in 1799 when Conrad Reed discovered a strange rock on the Reed farm...

Bridging the Gap

Luke tells us that when Paul arrived in Athens, "he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the market-place every day with those who happened to be there" (Acts 17:17, ESV)...

What’s next…a wiki-offering?

Someone e-mailed me the other day to alert me that my name had appeared in an article in Wikipedia. Apparently an old friend had gone to the entry about my seminary alma mater and listed me as a "notable alumnus" (along with several prominent cattle thieves and televange­lists). So, as is normal when someone tells you your name has been used, I went to see for myself.

Communion

In the heart of Quebec City is a church called Our Lady of the Victories. It was built to commemorate two victories won by the French over the British in 1690 and 1711...

Praying at Burger King

Mouw has collected 36 of his short essays on a variety of themes, from "Eye Contact at McDonalds" to "What About Hell?" His essays are sometimes provactives, frequently humorous and nearly always insightful. It's a quick read, and a pleasant one.

Church

In the basement of America's largest home, the Biltmore mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, you can see a model of the struc­ture. The model was completed first as a guide to build the home...

The Theology of Sermon Design

Current homiletic approaches did not materialize in a vacuum. Their ascendancy to popularity did not just happen. Today at least three winds of influence swirl around contemporary homiletic discussion: theology, literary criticism and culture. Pastors who would think deeply about the form of their sermons and who care about faithfulness to the gospel must wrestle with the issues raised by each of these areas of thought.