This is the fifth of my Christmas devotionals focused on the pre-incarnate appearances of Christ in the Old Testament. Previous devotionals focus on Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Joshua. Jesus and Jacob When we think of Jesus appearing in the…
I’m currently reading through O. Palmer Robertson’s short little book, God’s People in the Wilderness. It is tying in well with the reading I am doing on the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The premise of his book is that…
The new year is not far away. That is when we will being that new regime of diet and exercise, start taking our health more seriously, get a grip on ourselves, whip ourselves into shape, and so on. Tomorrow is…
December 19, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Although originally unavailable for comment, Bruce Baugus (pictured here), editor of China’s Reforming Churches, explained in an exclusive interview with Ref21 News that he was “honored” to be included on Mark Jones’s highly anticipated year-end…
We come now to the last of our Ten Tenets. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — who, as God,…
We come now to the last of our Ten Tenets. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — who, as God,…
This is the time of year when book lists come out. Mine is a little less ambitious than others in part because I don’t try to confine my reading to what is new. Sometimes I go on “kicks” where I’ll…
Several years ago, while on vacation, I bought a quirky little book by the French philosopher André Comte-Sponville entitled The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality. Though I knew no work quite like it, the idea the author developed, that atheists…
Systematic Theology Vol. 2 by Douglas Kelly This is my pick for “Book of the Year.” I love the way Dr. Kelly writes. The second volume in his Systematic Theology is beautifully written and well ordered. It is theology the…
At the end of one of Christopher Nolan’s most memorable films, The Prestige, one of the duelling magicians, Robert Angier, lies dying, and reproaches his rival, “You never understood why we did this. The audience knows the truth: the world…
