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The eighth session of the 2012 Ligonier National Conference was a plenary address by Dr. Del Tackett titled "When Worlds Collide." Keep Reading

In the sixth session of the 2012 Ligonier National Conference, Dr. Stephen Meyer discussed a revolution in scientific thinking that has produced a new openness to "the God hypothesis"—the belief that the universe is the product not merely of natural processes but of the Creator. Keep Reading

Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. began the second day of the 2012 Ligonier Ministries National Conference, speaking on "The (True) Scandal of the Evangelical Mind." A recent popular book argued that the scandal of the evangelical mind is that the evangelical mind is essentially non-existent. But as Dr. Sproul Jr. argued, the problem is even deeper. Keep Reading

Dr. R.C. Sproul opened the 2012 Ligonier National Conference, examining the theme The Christian Mind. In his lecture, carrying the provocative title "Have You Lost Your Mind?" he stated that we are living in the most anti-intellectual climate in the history of the church. "There has been a wholesale rejection of the significance of the mind in living, particularly Christian living," he said. Keep Reading

Dr. Nichols opened by quoting from J. Gresham Machen’s inaugural address as an assistant professor at Princeton Theological Seminary on May 3, 1915, in which he declared, “The modern church is impatient of history.” Almost a century later, these words remain relevant, but the postmodern church is not only impatient of history, it isdisdainful of history. Our age believes new is better. However, we are a people with a past, and when the church marches on in ignorance of its history, it is in great peril. Keep Reading

Reformation Trust Publishing, the book-publishing arm of Ligonier Ministries, plans to release ten books in 2011, including new titles in several established series and books by writers both familiar and new to Reformation Trust readers. Keep Reading

For those coming from a typical evangelical church, the initial experience of a Reformed church can be jarring. Many of the practices, especially in worship, and the beliefs that underlie those practices are very different than those found in the vast majority of Protestant churches today. The natural question is, “Why are these churches so different?” In the introduction to his new book Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims, Rev. Daniel R. Hyde writes about this culture shock and explains how his book is designed to provide answers. Keep Reading

“A Good, Needed Book” Several bloggers have taken time to read and review the new release from Reformation Trust Publishing, The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men, by the Rev. Richard D. Phillips. We thought you might enjoy and perhaps benefit from some of their comments: Keep Reading