October 31, 1518: A Point of No Return
Your church is having a Reformation Day celebration. Your pastor is tossing out candy to those who get the answers right in the Reformation trivia contest. “What did Luther do…
David Owen Filson
Theology for Beggars (Part 1)
On February 19th the “scrawny shrimp,” as he was affectionately called, stood startled, as his lecture on Romans was interrupted by news no one wanted to hear. Hardly able to…
Heaven on Earth: Capturing Jonathan Edward’s Vision of Living in Between
“You know, ol’ Bob is so heavenly minded that he is no earthly good.” Perhaps, you have heard someone, in an effort to sound practical, say something like this. I…
Window on the Past The Council of Nicea Ph.D Student at Westminster Theological Seminary, and Pastor of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
Books, they say, are a preacher’s whiskey. Like many students of theology and Church History, my study walls are encrusted with volume after volume beckoning me to, as C.S. Lewis…