For such a small book, O. Palmer Robertson’s God’s People in the Wilderness: The Church in Hebrews has greatly colored my thoughts about the church. Again, the premise of the book is that “For the writer of the Hebrews, the…
As we come to the end of the year and stand ready to mark the beginning of another, it is good to remember that we mark time because time is intrinsically measurable, intrinsically finite. Not only is time itself finite,…
I don’t really care for Resolutions, mainly because I rarely keep them. Personally, I just want to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ day by day, depending especially on the ordinary means of grace to accomplish this purpose.…
A friend brought my attention to this article by an Anglican priest, Andrew Foreshew-Cain, over the weekend. Foreshew-Cain is distressed by Archbishop Welby’s stand on gay marriage, especially as it relates to the Anglican priesthood. The article is instructive for…
In parts 1-4, I briefly highlighted some of my thoughts regarding liturgy, music, and the inclusion of more minorities (or more specifically, African-Americans) in our churches. I am going to take a slight detour in this fifth segment, a detour…
James D. Bratt. Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat. Library of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013. 455 pages. $24.99 Abraham Kuyper must be one of the most quoted figures in Evangelical churches, and it is usually the same quote:…
Given what World Magazine has called a “major, well-funded push” to promote the acceptance of evolution among evangelical Christians, the case must be persuasively made against the compatibility of evolution and the Bible. In answer to this pro-evolutionary stance, I…
Noah’s first deed upon exiting the ark — at least as recorded in Scripture — was to build an altar and offer unto God sacrifices from the “clean” animals and birds which had accompanied him and his family on his…
“Mark, it’s a sad fact, but books on our Lord don’t sell well” – Anonymous. Blog posts on Jesus don’t do well, either, if you are judging a blog post by stats. But what about books and posts on Christ’s…
So as I was happily viewing all of the pictures and posts on Facebook of my friends and family enjoying their time together over Christmas, I came across one of those shares that makes you go, “Hmm…” It is one…
