June, 2007

Togetherness and the Real Front Line

June 29, 2007

On my last evening in Geneva, I reflect briefly on various evangelical ecumenisms.  I would not be a part of those that we evangelicals usually refer to as the ecumenists–like the World Council of Churches.  (Don’t they have offices somewhere here in Geneva?)    There is another kind of togetherness that I have publicly objected [...]

Church Matters

June 20, 2007

Just a note to let you know that we have now started a 9marks blog called "Church Matters".  You can find it at 9marks.org.   A number of friends and I will be discussing issues related especially to the local church.  I hope it will be a good discussion.  Check it out.  (Maybe I won’t be [...]

One for Fathers

June 16, 2007

John Paton was a Scottish missionary to the Islands of the South Pacific. He died 100 years ago this year. He was born in 1824. He went out to the Islands at the age of 34 in 1858. And there he labored for the rest of his long life. After 31 years, he wrote his [...]