MDB 27: Mark 12 & Rom 12
In both of these chapters we have the great commandment, the second part of the Great Commandments that is, to love one another. Paul expresses it in the middle of…
Stephen Nichols
MDB 26: Gen 41, Job 8, Mark 11
Genesis 41, Job 8, Mark 11, with Romans 11 Joseph, Job (chapter 7 finds him in a particularly low spot), and a fig tree (Mark 11) all have something in…
Dallas
It depends on your context. If you’re thinking great TV series of the 70s, you’re thinking Who [indeed] shot J.R.? If you’re thinking football, you’re thinking of that team that…
New Edwards Set–Just in time for Valentine’s Day
I just saw the notice of a handy new set of Edwards’ writings. Its edited by Owen Strachan and Douglas Sweeney and published by Moody. It looks like there will…
Goodbye Calvin, Hello . . . the Dutch?
So now what do we do without a Calvin birthday conference? I did think of one anniversary we could celebrate. This is, after all the 400th birthday of the Remonstrance. …
John Milton Christmas Poem
One of Milton’s earliest poems, from when he was around 21 and at Cambridge, is entitled “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.” I think Carl was at Cambridge when he was…
Christmas on Video
By now I’m sure you have all seen Tim Keller, both from the back and peering above the fold, on USA Today’s Cover for Thursday, December 17, for the story…
Okay, one more book and this time in rhyme
I’m a little slow on the uptake, as this book came out over 18 months ago. But I just got around to reading it and thought, if you somehow missed…
Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines, OR, One more book for Christmas
Here’s one more book for Christmas . . . Richard Doster, Crossing the Lines, A Novel, published by David C. Cook First, for those who would not countenance contemporary fiction…
Books for Christmas
Why stress the Christmas shopping? Here are some suggestions to help . . . For the kids: – The new Pilgrim’s Progress, edited by C. J. Lovik and illustrated by…