Here's the list of the chapters and contributors (along with links to Sinclair Ferguson's "Forward" and Carl Trueman's chapter):

Foreword (Sinclair Ferguson)
Introduction
1. Heresy 101
2. Sin in High Places (Carl Trueman)
3. In My Place Condemned He Stood (Tom Schreiner)
4. The Agony of Deceit (Michael Horton)
5. The Faithful Pastor and the Faithful Church (Mark Dever)
6. Truth, Error and the Minister’s Task (Derek Thomas)
7. The Defense Against the Dark Arts (R. Scott Clark)
8. Heroes and Heretics (Iain D. Campbell)
9. The Good Shepherds (Tom Ascol)
10. A Debtor to Mercy Alone (Guy Waters)
11. Truth, Error and the End Times (Kim Riddlebarger)
12. Fulfill Your Ministry (Ron Gleason)
13. The Fight of Faith (Sean Michael Lucas)
14. Raising the Foundations (Gary L.W. Johnson)
15. Teaching the Whole Counsel of God (Conrad Mbewe)
16. Present Issues from a Long Term Perspective (Geoffrey Thomas)
17. Ministry Among Sheep and Wolves (Joel Beeke)
18. Error and the Church (Michael Ovey)
19. Will the Church Stand or Fall? (Ligon Duncan)
20. The Annihilation of Hell (Robert A. Peterson)
21. The Word of Truth (Greg Beale)
22. Being Against Heresies Is Not Enough
23. Clear and Present Danger

Here's the link to Risking the Truth on Amazon, Click here: http://www.amazon.com/Risking-truth-Handling-error-church/dp/1845502841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239125023&

The above is a photo from 1979 of my wife and I in what was then our living room.  We even had a Maranatha dove on our wall!

Below is a picture of us in the same spot 30 years later!

My dear wife ditched the Farrah hair-do, I ditched hair altogether, and together we ditched the Maranatha dove.  Our former living room has been my study these last twenty years and had grown tired and worn--you can only vacuum and dust so many times.  Its now freshly painted, completely rehabed, and ready to go.

Yes, we still have the same lamp!  And no, I still don't have enough bookshelves.  Please don't give me that "you're getting older and better" rot.  I'm so sore from being on a ladder and from painting ceilings and woodwork for the last week, I can hardly move . . .  I'm just getting older.

By the way, I'm still on vacation and my writing sabbatical through mid-August.  I've got a number of deadlines to meet.  So, posting will still be a bit sporadic.

But I'm not going anywhere.   I'm doing something that needs to be done, but which I've been putting off for years--I'm rehabing my study.  It is a mess since a pipe burst in a wall behind my bookcases back in March.

So, activity here at the Riddleblog will be irregular for a couple of weeks while I paint, clean, and re-organize my library.

When that's done, I will begin my summer sabbatical (from my church duties).  I have much to do.   I'm writing a series of articles for Tabletalk (like last year), an article for Modern Reformation, and a chapter for a book (the subject of which is hush-hush for now).

I'm also working on a couple of book projects, and hope to make significant headway on them throughout the summer as well.

So, I won't be taking any theology or eschatology questions (sorry), and all the regular features of the Riddleblog ("Who Said That?" Weekly sermons, etc.) will return when I do.

But I'll be around and posting occasionally, so check back for new stuff.  In the meantime, there are lots of resources posted here, so if you are really bored and miss me, you can always check them out.

http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/KR20090621-Ephesians.mp3

Living in Southern California, we are all far too familiar with frightening scenes of wind-driven brush fires consuming everything in their path. When a brush fire strikes, vital watershed, expensive properties and homes are destroyed in minutes. People and animals are displaced, the skies turn black, and panic is the rule of the day. And yet as James reminds us, a more painful kind of damage can be done almost instantaneously by the human tongue. The words which we speak are capable of great destruction. Just as a small spark can create a horrific fire, our words can inflict great personal pain, or even destroy someone’s reputation which they’ve worked a lifetime to build. And then there is the fact that our words reveal how deeply and thoroughly sin resides in our hearts. The words which we speak reveal to everyone our deepest thoughts, they reveal our true character, and they expose how wise we may or may not be. A brush fire causes great havoc and damage. But the damage done by a fire, often pales in comparison to the damage which can be done by the human tongue.

We resume our series on the Book of James. When we left off last time, we discussed one of the most controversial passages in all the Bible–James 2:14-26. In that passage, James makes his case that a living faith (i.e., a justifying faith) is a faith which inevitably manifests itself in good works. James has carefully set out the cause and effect relationship between regeneration, faith, and good works. In James 1:18, our Lord’s brother told us that God has brought us forth (regeneration) through the word of truth (the gospel). In verse 21, James speaks of how that same word has been implanted in our souls, giving rise to faith (James 2:1). Believers are to receive that word with meekness and humility. And that same word, which is able to save our souls, is also to be obeyed. Says James in verse 22 of chapter one, “be doers of the word and not mere hearers only.”

Then in James 2:10, James has told us that the law of God exposes all us to be sinners, since if we break but a single commandment, we are as guilty as though we had broken every commandment. Sin but a single time and God regards us as a law-breakers. And yet, since Jesus Christ has fulfilled the law through his own perfect obedience to the Lord’s commandments, and because Jesus Christ has died for all of those times we have failed to keep the law, for the Christian, the law is now described as a “law of liberty.” As James puts it, the Christian who gazes upon the law preservers during trials. Such a person is a doer who acts. But the one who only hears, but does not do, is like someone who looks at himself in a mirror and then immediately forgets what he looks like. The law exposes sin, reckons people law-breakers, and smokes out those who are mere hearers of the word only. When such people make a profession of faith in Christ, that profession is not accompanied by good works. They may claim to follow Christ, but give no hint of actually following him. They “hear” but they do not “do.”

To read the rest of this sermon, click here

Aside from my personal opinions about Senator Barbara Boxer (now known as Ma'am), there is a point behind this post.  The video speaks for itself.  How does this woman get re-elected over and over again?

As for my point . . .  US Senators were supposed to represent the interests of their state in all business regarding the federal government.  The members of the House of Representatives were to represent the interests of the citizens within their various districts before the federal government. 

But once the seventeenth amendment was ratified in 1913, US Senators were effectively removed from their state legislatures, now to reside full-time in DC.  In practice, US Senators no longer represent their states, but their political parties.  This re-structuring of the constitution has helped to create the kind of pomposity we see coming from Ma'am Boxer in this video.  Senators no longer see themselves as public servants, but as an elite governing class, above the rabble . . .  Sadly, this kind of condescending attitude coming from Ma'am Boxer toward a decorated brigadier general, is typical of virtually all senators from either party.  

One way to put an end to this would be to return these people to their state legislatures (for six months of the year) and force them to represent the interest of their states, not their political parties.  If you want a smaller, more responsive federal government, one place to start is with the repeal of the seventeenth amendment! 

http://netfilehost.com/wscal/WSC_Events/09.05.30.Riddlebarger.CommencementAddress.mp3

I grew up in a Christian Bookstore, and managed our family's bookstore until 1995.  One of the giants was Berean.  They used to sell mostly books, but like most other "Christian stores," Christian trinkets and T-shirts displaced serious theology books and commentaries.  Now, Berean is on the verge of going the way of all flesh.  Click here: Berean Christian Stores Files Chapter 11, Seeks Buyer - 6/12/2009 7:10:00 AM - Publishers Weekly#&source=title

If I commanded a warship (as an Arleigh Burke Desron 23 fan, its my fantasy), I'd not only ban Brussels sprouts, but Okra as well.  That slimy stuff is of Satan--no doubt, a post-Fall phenomena.  Peas might make my list as well.  I'd ban all the stuff I hated as a kid, but my parents made me eat anyway.  You know, the stuff you'd hide in a napkin, or give to the dog.  Problem with our dog was he wouldn't eat Okra.  He wouldn't even take it out to bury.  I'll bet cats like Okra.  Click here: Royal Navy captain bans brussels on Plymouth warship

Speaking of things I don't like to eat, be careful at the local Sushi-Bar. There's critter eggs in that raw fish. Click here: Are urban tapeworms on the rise?: Scientific American Blog

http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/MS20090614-Ephesians.mp3