[NOTE: To anyone who may have read an earlier version of this post--I had made some (I thought) oblique reference to a personal situation with a friend. I should not have included that in what really is a post about a general issue in evangelicalism. I apologize for any upset that may have caused. If [...]

New post by me over on the Conn-versation Blog.

First off, sorry for all the acronyms in the post title. Perhaps it is fitting, though, to use “insider” acronyms concerning an issue that, at the end of the day, really only involves a tiny corner patch in the midst of the vast acreage of God’s vineyard. If most or all of those acronyms mean [...]

Jeff Fuller of the Reformed Evangelist blog knew he possessed two things anyone in ministry would love to have at the same time: seekers hungry for the Gospel and many people willing to help get it to them. All he had to do was find a way to bring those two together. In Jeff’s case, [...]

Taylor Marshall on Canterbury Tales Blog has a quick review of Pope Benedict XVI’s new book Jesus of Nazareth. Of particular interest to Westminster Theological Seminary students will be the Pope’s responses to the main points of Rabbi Jacob Neusner’s A Rabbi Talks to Jesus, required reading in Professor Stephen Taylor’s New Testament Introduction class.

Now it can be told…
Christian folk-rock band Caedmon’s Call announced today that former member Derek Webb has rejoined the band for its upcoming album Overdressed (due out in August). Webb will tour with the band as well in promotion for that tour.
You can pre-order Overdressed at www.caedmonscall.com on June 15 and get two extra tracks. [...]

Federal Vision theology, which was on almost no one’s radar screen before 2002, has erupted in the short time since into one of the biggest controversies in recent memory among conservative Presbyterian denominations. Because I constantly run across fellow seminarians and laypeople alike asking me what FV is all about, I provide the following relevant [...]

Since I poked some fun last week at the announcement of an ABC Nightline-sponsored debate on the existence of God, I feel somewhat obligated to link to the actual debate, now that ABC News has put it up online. The debate was between child actor Kirk Cameron and evangelist Ray Comfort on the one side [...]

Having a child stray from the faith is one of the most painful experiences any Christian parents can go through. When one of the parents is a high-profile minister, the pain and shame is all the more. Such a leader must constantly struggle with the fear that he or she has lost credibility; if they [...]

Carl Trueman confirms on Reformation21 that the rumors circulating around the web for the past several days are true: Francis J. Beckwith, president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), has returned to the Roman Catholic Church (in which he was raised as a child). Dr. Trueman expresses respect for Beckwith’s integrity, but also gives his [...]