Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics: A Guide for Evangelicals
Follow A few months back, I had the privilege of reading an excellent new book edited by Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin titled Reading the Christian Spiritual Classics: A Guide for Evangelicals (IVP...
View ArticleThe Pure Flame of Devotion: The History of Christian Spirituality
Follow Last week, I attended the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. While there, I was part of a dinner where a group of scholars, students, and pastors honored my friend Michael...
View ArticleOn Evangelicals and Race: Two Recommendations
Follow In my latest post at Between the Times, I recommend two books to help caucasian evangelicals in America better understand the present realities and future possibilities of a multiethnic...
View ArticleWindows on the World: Praying the Great Commission
Follow I published a post today at Between the Times titled “Windows on the World: Praying the Great Commission.” I talk a little bit about how the Lord first gave me a burden for global missions. I...
View ArticleAn Infinite Journey: Growing Toward Christlikeness
Follow I have the honor of serving as one of the elders of the First Baptist Church of Durham, North Carolina. In the eight years that my wife Leah and I have been members of the congregation, I have...
View ArticleThe Complete Works of Andrew Fuller: Logos Edition
Follow As regular readers of this blog probably know, I am very interested in the life and thought of Andrew Fuller (1754–1815), the famous English Baptist pastor-theologian. If you aren’t familiar...
View ArticleMichael Bird’s Evangelical Theology: Review and Response
Follow I have a confession: I love reading book reviews. When I open a new issue of a scholarly journal, normally the first thing I do is check out the reviews. When I read serious Christian...
View ArticleHow Scripture Functions When We Meditate on its Words
Follow I am currently reading John Jefferson Davis’s recent book Meditation and Communion with God: Contemplating Scripture in an Age of Distraction. It is a creative combination of systematic...
View ArticleHow To Stay Christian in Seminary
Follow Satan is alive and well. One of the ways the enemy wreaks havoc in seminaries and Christian colleges is by causing young men and women to grow personally numb to the spiritual truths they are...
View ArticleNoteworthy Links: Early Baptists and Anabaptists
Follow My friend Steve Weaver has written a helpful post titled “Are We Entering Golden Age of 17th-Century Baptist Literature?” He mentions eight new or forthcoming works, including both scholarly...
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