It Is Well With My Soul
So for Spafford to write ‘It is well with my soul’ is not a form of fantasy, a prop to hold him up in the midst of life’s trials. It is no less than that; but it is at last the satisfaction of faith, the ultimate hope that suffering is not in vain, and that... Continue Reading
Tim Keller on ‘The Meaning of Marriage’ – Why the pastor says gender roles are changing (An Interview)
You state that cultural gender roles are not necessarily the same as biblical gender roles. Might this view advance the egalitarian vs. complementarian debate beyond a current stalemate? I don’t know. I would love that. Let’s just say, I hope so. What does your book contributes to the conversation about marriage that other books have... Continue Reading
Update on the condition of David Robertson, Pastor of St. Peters FPC of Dundee, Scotland.
The following has been received from Brian Parr, who serves on the staff of St. Peters Free Church with details of David’s condition and a call to prayer I’m writing today with a heavy heart and with a single request that has come from David Robertson’s own steadily scribbling hand. I visited David in the... Continue Reading
Cortez Cooper Memorialized by Three PCA Ministers; all Brothers-In-Law
When brother-in-law Preston Sartelle, Jr. stood up to lead his portion of the service, he took a moment to look around, and said: “Before I begin, let me ask something. Would all the ministers in the sanctuary please stand.” More than 15 men stood; all who had come to celebrate the life and home-going of... Continue Reading
Woody Allen and evangelicals: A surprisingly romantic pair
The primary feeling I had watching the video was one of nostalgia for a time when the subject of religion wasn’t so firmly planted at the center of a culture war, when people of totally different convictions about matters of life and death and morality could agree to disagree. It seemed almost romantic. It seems... Continue Reading
What The Bible Teaches About Retirement – the Cortez Cooper model
Actually, Corty and Pat were in Lutherville this past weekend when Corty suffered a sudden heart attack on Monday evening and died the next morning. Talk about dying with your boots on!! Having completed a Great Commission Publications board meeting late Monday and sleeping in a motel near the Atlanta airport, I began my drive... Continue Reading
Remembering a Friend, Cortez Cooper
Ronald Reagan used to come hear him preach during his days as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Nashville. God used him to bring NASCAR legend Daryl Waltrip to faith I have thought for awhile that, since many of my chief influencers in ministry are older, I was in for some painful goodbyes in the... Continue Reading
Former PCA Moderator Cortez Cooper Dies at Age 80
Rev. Dr. Cortez Cooper, former PCA moderator, died on October 25 at age 80. He suffered a heart attack. In his 51 years as an ordained teaching elder, Cooper ministered in a wide range of capacities. He pastored churches in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, California and Montgomery from 1960-1994, served as Knox Theological Seminary’s first... Continue Reading
Vatican signs deal to collaborate on adult stem cell research
The unusual agreement with NeoStem allows the church, which opposes embryonic stem cell use, to taking a constructive role in one of the most promising areas of medical research. As chairman and chief executive of her own company, Dr. Robin Smith is a significant player in the world of biopharmaceutical products and research. Self-confident, poised... Continue Reading
Letters from the Edge #1 – A ‘blog’ from a hospital bed
Pastor Robertson, who remains on a ventilator in ICU in hospital in Dundee, Scotland may not be able to vocalize words, but it has not kept him from writing these words. He serves as Pastor of St. Peters Free Church in Dundee and is a frequent speaker in the US and Europe. (Editor’s Note: For... Continue Reading
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