“Of course God will forgive me; that’s His job.” I have found more than one possible source for that quotation. I originally ran into it in a Christian writing that dealt with the utterly destructive lie that there is salvation to be found with God outside of Jesus Christ. But on the web one can [...]
PART ONE / PART TWO / PART THREE / PART FOUR I should probably make something about the connection between election and eschatology and justification and covenant more explicit. What we have in the first century is a double problem. The original problem is that there is sin in the world and the world needs [...]
It fits quite comfortably within his doctrine of cosmic redemption in Jesus Christ alone. Jesus is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to [...]
This originally appeared in The Reformed Church Messenger as a weekly series from March 2 to June 2, 1870 CHAPTER 1 My Childhood and Early Youth Having been called upon to furnish the necessary material for some account of my life, to be given to the world in permanent form, it seems to me best, [...]
Last four episodes of season one of Veronica Mars if you must know. Wow See you in the morning. Share and Enjoy:
Believe in your heart that silence on your part is an admission of guilt. Share and Enjoy:
PART ONE / PART TWO / PART THREE The second major bullet point for Israel’s theology and worldview, after Creational monotheism, would be eschatology. Wright says “the problem of evil” was not considered so much an apologetic challenge but a basis for certain hope that God was going to solve the problem. Whatever might be [...]
PART ONE / PART TWO Wright’s public conversation about which god, if any, is the true God who made and is responsible for the world centers from beginning to end on the New Testament documents and how they can possibly be accounted for. N. T. Wright introduces his subject by retelling the parable of the [...]
Though I don’t recommend reading them in order, I’ll start with the first in Wright’s series “Christian Origins and the Question of God.” Earlier, I claimed that every literate Christian will want to read N. T. Wright, specifically his series of “big books.” The reason for this is because Wright takes on modern unbelief, as [...]
As a Presbyterian, I have been helped by many scholars associated with the Anglican Church. The ministry of C. S. Lewis, for example, goes back to early childhood in my Baptist home. I have also been greatly helped by Austin Farrer, as anyone who reads my commentary on Mark’s Gospel will see. Of course, both [...]
Actually, it is not that new, now, and I’m embarrassed it has taken me so long to mention it. Derrick Oliff is someone I’m glad to count as a friend and whom I had the privilege of pastoring when we were both in the Northwest. He wrote three essays for the Reformed Catholicism web log. [...]
What follows comes from my commentary. If you are interested, go here to order it. From Mark 11 to the end of the Gospel we have two double cycles following an ABAB pattern: 1A Mark 11.1-13.2 Beginning: Mark 11.1-6 / Jesus sends 2 disciples to those who give in response to Jesus’ authority. Ending: Mark [...]
One of Derek Thomas’ first posts on worship can be found here. Good stuff! The reason why we do not worship God as we should is because, as Jeremiah Burroughs once wrote, we ‘do not see God in His glory.’ If Joshua fell on his face before God, Isaiah publicly bemoaned his wretchedness, Job abhorred [...]
Here is a gateway into the first two volumes. I don’t know if the content of the third can be found here or not. It is wonderful to have these available for downloading, browsing, and searching. Share and Enjoy:
A geat post from Jeff. Share and Enjoy:
A couple of great posts from the Reformation21 blog: Derek Thomas applying lessons from Job and Phil Ryken comparing Rick Phillips to Tony Campolo (Thought suddenly hitting me out of the blue: These men’s names seem chiasmically relatated. I wonder if “Ryken” is etymologically related to “Richard.”) A couple of thing about Ryken’s entry: First, [...]
You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on [...]
Gary North is at his best and most sensible here, channeling Frederic Bastiat (see link at bottom of editorial) about God-given work projects. Share and Enjoy:
When I was solo-pastoring I headed the worship bulletins with the titleThe Service of the LORD. One Sunday I put this short explanation in the back: What is “the service of the LORD”? This relates to the heading used right now in our bulletin on Sunday Morning. We commonly think of the “worship service” as [...]
Ignore the date. It doesn’t matter. I’ll be changing this as I think of things. Share and Enjoy:
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