Sports By Brooks points us to this story that was featured in the Greensboro News & Record, detailing the ACC's reluctance to openly embrace its gay female fan base. The story, written by Robert Bell, ran Sunday (even though the women's ACC tournament was held March 5-8th — Maryland won, btw) ...

From Alistair Begg: Now when we read our Bibles and think about these things, it is not wrong to say that in the cross the love of God is declared. But to say that does not get to the depth of it. It is right to say Jesus is our priest and our representative, but even that does not get to the heart ...

When thinking of a premium bean my mind usually goes to coffee or chocolate or perhaps if I’m particularly hungry, heirloom beans like Anasazi. Very low on that list are Pectin Jelly Beans. Jelly Beans are a rather simple sounding candy but are rather complex to make. They start with a boiled ...

This is a message that I preached back in 1998. It was part of a series that I did as preparation for Easter. As we enter this season of celebration, I thought it would be appropriate: And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.� Moved w...

From John Piper: If we were to look at Jesus’ death merely as a result of a betrayer’s deceit and the Sanhedrin’s envy and Pilate’s spinelessness and the soldiers’ nails and spear, it might seem very involuntary. And the benefit of salvation that comes to us who believe...

This post marks the first of twenty-five such entries from now until Good Friday. Each of these is an excerpt from the book, Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross , edited by Nancy Guthrie and published by Crossway. I will post one of these each week day leading up to and concluding on Good Friday, April 10...

If it is true that the cross is of central importance to biblical Christianity, it seems that it is essential for Christians to have some understanding of its meaning in biblical terms. That would be true in any generation, but it's particularly necessary in this one. I doubt there has been a period...

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Yesterday I had a delightful meeting with a parishioner who was seeking ways to respond to Jehovah's Witnesses. He seems to have befriended one who has been "working on" him for some years. Apparently one of the main attacks this Witness makes on ordinary Christianity is the observance of the "man m...

Filed under: Cell Phones Christians and Catholics traditionally observe Lent, the approximately 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter, by praying frequently and fasting from certain types of food. Abstaining from food -- and vices such as drinking and smoking -- is intended to help the beli...