Steve Salyards at G.A.Junkie provides the following comprehensive list of links and references: The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will convene tomorrow, 20 May, in Edinburgh at 10 AM local time.  The occasion will be marked by the unique honor of a 21-gun salute from Edinburgh Castle. The Assembly continues through 26 May. …

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Last week I published links to two items, one by Michael Bird, (less serious) and the other (more serious) by David Robertson on the merit of the Free Church of Scotland changing its long standing custom of only singing material (mostly Psalms) that comes from the Bible. R. Scott Clark has a post (and lengthy …

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I published a transcript of comments by John Piper about the value of pastors getting PhDs a couple of days ago. Dane Ortlund (who has, like Piper, earned a PhD) offers some complementary and complimentary comments on Piper’s comments that make something of a case for the intensive further study that a PhD represents. Here’s …

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