A lion of the pulpit, now in Christ’s presence: The relentless expository passion of John F. MacArthur, Jr., 1939-2025

He was the greatest expositor of his times. One of the ironies of John MacArthur is that, to the end, he insisted that any God-called preacher of the ...

August 14, 2025

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To Learn More About Darfur

Read Nicholas D. Kristof's article, "Genocide in Slow Motion," The New York Review of Books, February 9, 2006. Also, check out these Internet-based resources: U.S. State Department Survey of Sudan, U.S. State Department Documenting Atrocities in Da ...

January 25, 2006

Our Gift to the World — Homer Simpson Is now Omar Shamshoon

I guess it had to happen. "The Simpsons" is now broadcast to the Middle East as "Al Shamshoon." Something must be lost in the translation. The cartoon has been repackaged with Homer Simpson now identified as "Omar Shamshoon," patriarch of the Sham ...

January 25, 2006

The Library — An Elegy?

Matthew Battles, who works in the Houghton Library at Harvard University, has written an elegant book on the "unquiet" history of the library. It is a feast for a bibliophile, and Battles takes his reader through the travail of the library, from Alex ...

January 24, 2006

No Rehabilitation for Judas After All?

Reuters news service now reports that the Vatican is not considering a rehabilitation of Judas after all. The Times [London], one of the world's most respected newspapers, had reported January 12 that the Vatican was proposing to reconsider Judas' gu ...

January 24, 2006

What Makes Literature Truly Subversive? Alison Lurie Looks at C. S. Lewis

In the February 9, 2006 edition of The New York Review of Books, Alison Lurie of Cornell University reviews The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe movie and two books about C. S. Lewis. Along the way, she also offers her criti ...

January 23, 2006

Truth Really Is Stranger Than Fiction — “The Book of Daniel” and the Episcopalians

Jack Kenny, the creator of NBC's, The Book of Daniel, is desperately trying to save his show from an almost certain cancellation. He accused conservative Christians of being "bullies" and blamed the show's weak ratings on evangelicals. He didn't say ...

January 20, 2006

Now, Wait Just A Minute . . . When is a Blurb Not a Blurb?

Centurion at Flame of Fire has an important post that was forwarded to me. It seems that the publisher of Marcia Z. Nelson's book, The Gospel According to Oprah, sent out a postcard to members of the Christian Booksellers Association that featured th ...

January 19, 2006

Is God Dead in Europe? A Vision of the Future, Coming Fast

Journalist James P. Gannon offers a bracing picture of what happens when secularism takes hold of a civilization in "Is God Dead in Europe?," published in USA Today. Consider these observations: "Common wisdom has it that alcoholics outnumber pract ...

January 18, 2006

Justices Uphold Assisted Suicide in Oregon

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Oregon's controversial assisted suicide law yesterday, turning back a challenge from the Bush administration. The 6-3 decision followed a familiar pattern, with justices Anontin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissenting, alo ...

January 18, 2006

Appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live” Tonight

I am scheduled to appear tonight on CNN's "Larry King Live" tonight to discuss the movie Brokeback Mountain and the issue of homosexuality. The program starts at 9:00 est and will repeat at midnight. ...

January 17, 2006