Author Archive
Segment VII
I’ve just updated the team page for segment 7. I’m glad to have Rob, Alen, and Ben staying on for another segment. Also, Alana Milson is blogging for the first time at InFocus. I’m looking forward to what she will have to share. I’ve said this privately, but wanted to say a public thank you [...]
New Team
Several have asked so I’ll just put up a quick post. I’m finalising the details for the next blogging team and the segment is scheduled to start on Monday. I’ll put up some more information on that soon. Thanks.
John Vaughn to Speak in Sydney/Cairns
Dr. John C. Vaughn is Pastor Emeritus of Faith Baptist Church, Taylors, SC and President of the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International. He is also the author of More Precious Than Gold, a touching account of the fire that changed the Vaughn’s lives forever. Pastor Vaughn was my pastor for five years and has impacted my [...]
Confession is not Propitiatory
Time to hit you with what’s in my links folder. I’ve got some good ones today. I’ve often tried to think of a way to make this work. Preach, then Sing. Bob Bixby has some helpful things to say about Pastoral Numerology. And he’s not against it. Do you shop on ebay? Amazon? Commissions for [...]
Phil Johnson addresses the “Emerging Middle”
Kevin Thompson interviews Phil Johnson. BlogTalkRadio.
Remember my bonds
I scan literally tens of thousands of blog posts a year in my work here at InFocus. It is at least a weekly—if not daily—event to read of persecution of believers around the world. I chose long ago not to focus on reporting such things on InFocus. My primary reason being that others are already [...]
Answering Questions on the Current Crisis
This morning’s post raised some significant questions which I feel deserve a thoughtful answer. In this follow-up post, I’ll try to address some of the concerns that were raised. An unfair assessment? I agree that my assessment of the movement had serious implications. I can also see how it could come across as unfair and/or [...]
The Current Crisis in Fundamentalism
There is a crisis in Fundamentalism today and it is a crisis of credibility. To boil it down, generally, the young men don’t want what the older men are giving. The older men want to pour their lives into training young men for ministry, but the brightest and best of the young men are walking [...]
An ode upon the occasion of a final exam
[A brief doggerel composed on the surface of my desk in a moment of overwhelming boredom.] . If you can read this message drear Forsooth you may assume That some poor soul hath scribbled here As he await his doom.
GMT Announces Closure
“We feel that GMT has run its course.” Givemetruth.net.
Evangelical Christianity (From the End of the 19th Century to the Present)
Recently, a friend was asking me about modern church history. By the time I’d finished explaining bits and pieces of it, I had the broad scheme of Evangelical Christianity over the last century—at least my take on it—scribbled on a scrap of paper. Discerning that there could be value in graphing the history of modern [...]
Historic Bibles on Display in Parramatta
Heritage Bible Display… will feature the Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Collection containing historic Bibles and printed manuscripts from the early days of the colony. The Bible Society NSW.
