Month August 2007

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Blurring the lines between business and ministry

Two well known “pastors” in the prosperity movement announced their coming divorce (MSNBC.com). This is a tragic report. It is a dangerous thing to follow men (or women). How can so many people follow preachers who have so clearly abandoned…

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Homeward Bound

We were blessed in worship at Tenth last night by a fine offertory (with new music by Tenth’s own Jeremy Strong) based on a good hymn text that was new to me: I’m But a Stranger Here Thomas R. Taylor, 1836,…

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Ted Haggard Appeals for Funds

Christianity Today has posted this interesting article on their live blog site (Christianity Today). It seems that Ted Haggard and his wife need money to fund their living expenses while they both pursue degrees in psychology and counseling. This is…

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The Truth of the Cross

In a time when the Christian book industry is flooded by self-help and do-it-yourself Christianity it is always exciting to see good books come off the presses. R.C. Sproul, no newcomer to the Christian publishing business, has released another fine…

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Lured out of hiding

OK.  The temptation to emerge from my lair proves too great.  I must say, helping Delboy out is insufficient reason (haven’t the English spent the last 600 years selflessly protecting the Welsh from harm at great expense to the English…

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Lured out of hiding

OK.  The temptation to emerge from my lair proves too great.  I must say, helping Delboy out is insufficient reason (haven’t the English spent the last 600 years selflessly protecting the Welsh from harm at great expense to the English…

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Lured out of hiding

OK.  The temptation to emerge from my lair proves too great.  I must say, helping Delboy out is insufficient reason (haven’t the English spent the last 600 years selflessly protecting the Welsh from harm at great expense to the English…

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Semester starts again…

The seminary Fall semester has started again. Where did the summer go?  And straight off the bat, I’m teaching Systematics 1, suggesting that Berkhoff is a must-purchase volume (better as a dictionary than a straight read and analysis), Hodge is,…

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Hope Springs Eternal

Hope Springs EternalUnderstanding the TimesDerek Thomas ‘Hope springs eternal in the human breast’ wrote the eighteenth century poet, Alexander Pope. Platitude? Yes, but true for all that. I have to confess the lines (from An Essay on Man) come to…

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Hope Springs Eternal

Hope Springs EternalUnderstanding the TimesDerek Thomas ‘Hope springs eternal in the human breast’ wrote the eighteenth century poet, Alexander Pope. Platitude? Yes, but true for all that. I have to confess the lines (from An Essay on Man) come to…