Just to be clear, this is not a post against “mom blogs”, or whatever they’re called. If you write a mom blog, that’s cool with me. This is a post to encourage the moms who tend to freak out and feel like complete failures when they read the mom blogs and mom Facebook posts.

Love is not driven by what we like or don’t like about the church (Jesus’ love wasn’t, was it?). Christian love is minimum sentiment, maximum commitment, isn’t it? (See 1 Corinthians 13!) Have you drifted from the basic Jesus-like life-style involved in loving the church? I would not be the first minister to be concerned about that (whoever wrote Hebrews knew all about this—see Hebrews 10:24-25).

We found that parents who teach their kids a children's catechism, and then try to learn an adult one for themselves often find the process confusing. The children are learning one set of questions and answers, and the parents are learning another completely different set. So New City Catechism is a joint adult and children's catechism

Such instruction, one old writer said, is like firewood in a fireplace. Without the fire---the Spirit of God---firewood will not in itself produce a warming flame. But without fuel there can be no fire either, and that is what catechetical instruction provides.

This massive volume by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to Puritan thought. It is a notable work of historical-theological synthesis and a book to which I will be returning again and again, both for scholarly reference and personal devotion. Simply an amazing achievement.” -- Carl Trueman

In the United States, where speech is given the most protection among Western countries, there has been a recent effort to carve out a potentially large category to which the First Amendment would not apply. While we have always prosecuted people who lie to achieve financial or other benefits, some argue that the government can outlaw any lie, regardless of whether the liar secured any economic gain.

Machen told this seminary community (Princeton) of soon-to-become Presbyterian ministers. “This church is now in a period of deadly conflict with a totally alien type of religion. As always, the enemy conceals his most dangerous assault under pious phrases and half-truths. Increasingly it is becoming necessary for a man to decide if he will stand or not stand for the Lord Jesus Christ as he is presented to us in the Word of God. If you decide to stand for Christ, you will not have an easy life in the ministry

“I hope that Mo Yan’s thoughtful criticism of the one-child policy will help others see its role in causing gendercide,” said Chai, the founder of All Girls Allowed, a nonprofit group that fights the effects of the one-child policy, in a statement. “It is the largest challenge facing girls in China. Every day the policy continues, another 3,000 girls are lost to sex-selective abortion, infanticide, or abandonment.”

He said he was also concerned about the situation of Christians taken to prisons in recent days. "We know that many have been forced to say they will no longer attend church services in exchange for freedom." There was no immediate response from Iranian officials.

The legal test case will set the scene for what could be one of the largest land and property wrangles in Scotland, as evangelical congregations prepare to challenge the Church of Scotland's stance on gay ordination at the next General Assembly.