A quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which Justin Taylor borrowed from someone else’s book: Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more …

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David Cook writes about the Christian devotional custom of Quiet Times. And yes, I did read through to the end with his comments about social media. From David’s page at the PCA website: On my way to pick up my newspaper recently, I passed by the local taxi rank and one of the drivers had …

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Spiritual Warfare – A Biblical & Balanced Perspective by Brian Borgman and Rob Ventura (Reformation Heritage Books, 2014) aims to provide a framework for Christians to contend against spiritual darkness. In doing so the authors affirm a biblical worldview in which supernatural and natural coexist, guarding against both a naturalistic approach to Christian life which …

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This graphic features Open Door’s 2014 ranking of the fifty countries where persecution of Christians is most severe. You download a (larger image size) pdf copy with further information here. More information at this page.