A critical interactive review continued… Chapter Two – Keller now moves on from the objection of the exclusivity of Christianity to the age-old problem of suffering. It seems as though, whenever there is a large disaster, the media always manage…
It is one of best-known facts of Bible; yet it is shrouded in mystery. Its details are rehearsed every year in preaching, reading and song; yet they defy our comprehension. The virgin birth – or, more accurately, the virginal conception…
Well, who would have thought that it would be Pope Benedict XVI who provided one of the strangest `only in America, folks’ moments of recent years. Yet it is undoubtedly true that he has done so. Benedict is, of…
Well, who would have thought that it would be Pope Benedict XVI who provided one of the strangest `only in America, folks’ moments of recent years. Yet it is undoubtedly true that he has done so. Benedict is, of…
The great thing about this blog is that you get to learn new words. From dictionary.com: apotheosis means “model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.” I typically abominate learning new words, but this one seems…
Over the past week I have had the opportunity to review advance proofs of the ESV Study Bible that is planned for publication in October of 2008. Although I have not participated in this project, I have watched it unfold…
Yes, Derek got to meet his hero–he has stacks full of blues cds but won’t fess up to them. Not only did I get to spend time with Derek, meet and hear B B King, I also got to have…
The high stakes of knowing our originsIt seems that once children are able to form sentences, among their first intelligible utterances are questions. And to young ones beginning to discover the world around them, the questions abound! They begin with…
I have loved preaching through Genesis. We still have a long way to go before we finish. Along the way I am taking my sermon manuscripts and study notes and writing expanded meditations. God willing, once I am finished it…
