Melvyn Bragg is a noted English broadcaster, author of both fiction and non-fiction, member of the House of Lords, university chancellor, and great lover of the KJV. He was also one of the few working-class kids...
In his broken English, Nuno Espírito Santo, coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (yes, that kind of football), speaks from his heart to Johnny Philips about caring for his adopted...
You may not know this, but there are a few (that I know of) reading clubs happening at CPC. As a Literature major myself, I have been very encouraged by how up-to-date many of my fellow CPC-ers are...
I always appreciate the writing ministry of Kevin DeYoung of Christ Covenant Church. In case you missed the Feb. 22 issue of ByFaith Magazine, he considers the question, “Should the Church Really...
A Personal Plan for Personal Prayer
There are numerous ways to approach daily prayer. I’ll share mine below. First of all, ought prayer be a daily habit at all? I think the Scriptural evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of daily prayer. Prayer can...
None of us think about listening to a sermon as tasting a sermon, do we? I certainly do not. I had never even seen the odd expression, “sermon taster,” before reading...
Aristotle calls rhetoric the “available means of persuasion.” Is persuasion at the pulpit an appropriate goal for the preacher? Perhaps persuasion conflicts with 1 Corinthians 2.1-5? “And I, when...
Bill Mounce is the founder and president of BiblicalTraining.org. He is also a strange mix of blessing and bane to anyone who has studied koine Greek. Dr. Mounce is a brilliant Greek...
Reflections of a College Chaplain
I think of the Center of Pastor Theologians as a Brain Trust of Practical Theology for a Complex World. This is not what they call themselves. Their mission is to “equip pastors to be theologians for today’s...
Mercy (of Shakespearean scale)
I spent a year at a large university studying the works of Shakespeare without ever wondering if Shakespeare was a Christian or not. At least, I don’t recall ever being challenged by the notion. It must be that I...
