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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Culture Creep
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
How Saved Are You?
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Unpacking Conspiracy Theories
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Moving the Goalposts
Saturday, January 02, 2016
Quote of the Day (14)
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Stray Thoughts from Romans 14
Monday, November 23, 2015
Work Yourself Out of a Job
Monday, November 16, 2015
Present Perfect
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Whose I Am and Whom I Serve
Thursday, October 22, 2015
John Piper’s Exploding Cigar
Not John Piper |
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Does the Bible Need a Disclaimer?
Perhaps a little something like this? |
“This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race have changed before allowing them to read this classic work.”
I had to laugh out loud at the naivete of anyone worried about modern children reading Chesterton. The publishers are, regrettably, quite safe from legal repercussions on that front.
Sunday, August 02, 2015
On the Third Day
Generally speaking, I don’t find fulfilled Bible prophecy a particularly useful tool in evangelism.
Some Christians disagree, of course. If it works for you, that’s great. Carry on. But it must be admitted that many of the Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in the life of Christ are a little on the obscure side. That is to say, when you look at them in their original context, it is not immediately apparent that they speak of Messiah.
We’re only sure of it because the Holy Spirit plainly states it to be so in the New Testament.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Crazy Uncle
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
The Sound of Salesmen
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Power and Perfection
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Decently and in Order [Part 2]
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Decently and in Order [Part 1]
Sunday, March 08, 2015
How Saved Are You?
The most recent version of this post is available here.
Sunday, February 01, 2015
Vessels of Another Sort
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Room for Vengeance
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Bring on the Hired Guns
Patrick Traylor poses it in this article. Patrick is an elder to quite literally thousands at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., as well as a lawyer by profession. As an elder, the man knows megachurches. As a lawyer, he ought to know all about compensation.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Joining the Choir
Is waving our arms absolutely necessary? |
Monday, December 15, 2014
Monday, December 01, 2014
The Hand of the Lord
Raphael: St Paul Before the Proconsul, 1515 |
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Bible Study 12 — Context [Part 6]
The most recent version of this post is available here.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Too Hot to Handle: Unsanctioned “Churches”
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Inbox: Sucking the Life Out of ‘Vampire Churches’
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Vessels of Wrath and Vessels of Mercy
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Strategic Roles in Human History and God’s Election
Thursday, October 23, 2014
“Participation Awards” and Honour
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Time to Man Up
No obnoxious gym teacher in sight.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Conflicts of Interest vs. the Peace Principle
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Is the Holy Spirit ‘Racist’?
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Is Christianity a Religion?
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Agnosticism and Folly
Saturday, August 30, 2014
The Bible Contains the Word of God
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
When Life Really Hurts
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Who’s Running This Place Anyway?
The most recent version of this post is available here.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
How Not To Be Forgiven
Forgiveness is the great equalizer. In extending Christian forgiveness, we acknowledge our own ongoing sins and failures and accept back those who have sinned against us in the knowledge that we, too, will fail them tomorrow and will go on failing them until the Lord returns.
Monday, July 14, 2014
The Snare Is Broken
Friday, July 11, 2014
Baptism and Freedom
Thursday, July 03, 2014
How Much Does It Have To Hurt?
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Political Correctness, the Slave Metaphor and New Testament Truth
“There are many ways to make a coherent, urgent political point without recalling the rope and the whip, the rapes and murders. Slavery, part of our shared American history, is not just a word … To use past anguish as present-day metaphor trivializes evil and shows disrespect to those who endured.”
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The Greatest Love of All
Pride is a terrible thing.
I give full credit to translators of the Bible and don’t assume for a second that I know better than the least of them. But I have noticed that if translators come to their job with a predisposition to see a particular thing in a passage, as in every area of life, that’s what is seen.
Monday, June 16, 2014
How to Fight a Smear Campaign
Sunday, June 08, 2014
Christianity Incorporated
I just happened across a National Post article from a few years back that serves as a superb illustration of the sort of complications (“complications” being the polar opposite of the “simplicity” Paul refers to) that arise when Christians become corporatists.“But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.”(2 Corinthians 11:3, NASB)