D. G. Hart on worship and a reflection on worship as a “tertiary” issue

Mark Dever recently interviewed D. G. Hart, a notable historian of American Christianity and confessional Presbyterian. It is worth hearing. Here’s a selection:
MD: How is the church compromising today the average pastor should be on the alert to avoid?
DGH: I guess I’m still very much concerned about worship and the nature of it, and what worship [...]

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Peter Gay on medieval science

It is a common misconception that the medieval Christians were unconcerned with all scientific inquiry. Peter Gay, in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism (New York: Norton, 1986), corrects this a bit:
Medieval science, then, like medieval philosophy, took its place, prominent but secondary, in the hierarchy of human activities: it was, like philosophy, guided [...]

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Using Google Reader? Follow my shared items

I know that some of my visitors use Google Reader. Perhaps one or two of you (Mom and Dad, I’m talking to you) might be interested in following my shared items on your own Google Reader or RSS reader.
Google reader allows you to see in your own reader blog posts and other web pages that [...]

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Chapell on Worship and Ephesians on sale at WTSbooks

I am, I assure you, quite averse to using this blog regularly to promote WTSbooks.com specials. Any perceived uptick in advertising should not be taken as an indicator of future postings. (I promise not to make a habit of it.) In full disclosure, it does benefit me whene’er you click on the links I provide [...]

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Three Views on Baptism on sale now at WTSBooks for $5

Westminster Bookstore is offering Baptism: Three Views (with contributions by Sinclair Ferguson, Bruce Ware, and Anthony Lane) for just $4.99.
This sale is only good through August 7th. If you live in Minnesota, and would like to order one (or anything else at wtsbooks) with me and save on shipping, email me before Thursday night (8/6).

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Tozer vs. Driscoll

In his sermon on Titus 2:6-8, “Temptations Peculiar to Young Men,”(MP3*) A. W. Tozer notices that young men, “more than others,” are tempted to “self-indulgence.” This self-indulgence, Tozer adds, “manifests itself in three directions. It manifests itself in sex, food, and pleasures. Pleasure of body, mind, and soul.” He continues, beginning his admonition on these three [...]

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