Introducing Children to Christians of the Past
A little over a year ago, I blogged about some church history resources for children, and I recommended the Christian Biographies for... Read More
Days that Changed the Course of History…and an Ordinary Year: Two Different Approaches to History
Over at the Gospel Coalition blog, Joe Carter recently wrote about how four leading church historians responded to the question: “After AD... Read More
Four Guidelines for Prayer
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about six reasons for prayer drawn from John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (3.20.3). In... Read More
Calvin the Preacher
John Calvin (1509–1564) is remembered for many things—some good, some bad, some real, some imagined. If Calvin’s legacy is misunderstood today, the... Read More
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
Although St. Patrick’s Day appears on our calendars each year, most modern celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day have little to do with... Read More
The Christian Lover: The Sweetness of Love and Marriage in the Letters of Believers
Several years ago Michael Haykin put together a short anthology of letters written by notable believers of the past about the subject... Read More
On Reading Old Books: A Few Suggestions from the Fourth Century
A couple of weeks ago I suggested that believers would benefit from occasionally reading older books. However, just because a work was... Read More
C. S. Lewis on Reading Old Books
One of my goals each semester is to try to convince students that writers of the past are not only worth reading... Read More
Recommended Reading on the Conservative Resurgence in the SBC
If you are interested in Baptist history and are looking for a few good books to read in the new year, you... Read More
Abortion and the Early Church
In this post, I’m going to address two misconceptions that people often hold concerning abortion. First, many people assume that elective abortions... Read More