Grace or Karma?
Okay, sometimes Bono drives me a bit crazy. I have, however, appreciated most of U2’s music going all the way back to “Boy” and “War”. In Michael Assayas’ book Bono the author records this interview with the famous singer and…
Month April 2009
It’s Official: I’m Unfashionable
Tullian Tchividjian was kind to quote me in his latest book Unfashionable. Notice that at the time I was still serving as pastor of Metro East in Wichita. Here’s the quote from page 100: One of the leading ways the…
A Petition
I’ve been asked to draw readers attention to an online petition re. the Church of Scotland. While I won’t sign because of the (to me) arbitrary nature of the selection of homosexuality as the issue upon which to fight, given…
A Petition
I’ve been asked to draw readers attention to an online petition re. the Church of Scotland. While I won’t sign because of the (to me) arbitrary nature of the selection of homosexuality as the issue upon which to fight, given…
Why it may become increasingly difficult for me to vote…
Adam Nagourney from the New York Times: WASHINGTON — It was only five years ago that opposition to gay marriage was so strong that Republicans explicitly turned to the issue as a way to energize conservative voters. Yet today, as…
Barnhouse on True Faith
“True faith acts on supernatural facts and gets supernatural results” — Donald Grey Barnhouse.
Blog 84: 2.16.3 – 2.16.6
We all know that “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.” But Calvin draws our attention to another biblical teaching: “All of us…have in ourselves something deserving of God’s hatred.” So why does God loves us…
Hold Planned Parenthood Accountable
From Denny Burk’s blog: Lila Rose is a 20-year old college student at UCLA. She has the voice of a 14-year old, but she has an ingenious plan to expose Planned Parenthood’s serial abuse of vulnerable young girls who are…
PCRT Philly starts Friday
Hope to see you there, along with Al, Rick, Steve and Phil. And, btw, registration for T4G opens on May 1.
Blog 83: 2.15.5 – 2.16.2
Rather than summarizing each section today, I want to draw our attention to 2.16.2, where Calvin seeks to show the importance of being both clear and specific regarding the nature of the wrath of God which rests upon each of…