This week’s Spin is up and in this episode the team tackle a number of closely related issues: the power of high profile pastors, the psychology of loyal commitment to a big name long after all credibility has really vanished,…
My friend Pastor James La Belle recently e-mailed me letting me know that the Presbyterian Church of Cape Cod is once again hosting its annual Cape Cod Reformed Conference in West Barnstable, Massachusetts on November 7-9, 2014. The keynote speaker…
As a writer and just a thinker, I kind of like metaphors. So when I see a metaphor in Scripture, sometimes I like to take some time to really think about how it is used. Last night in my Housewife…
Years ago I was asked the following question by someone who holds to exclusive Psalmody: “Do you think it is better to sing God’s words or man’s words?” My answer: we should never sing man’s words. But I say this…
NYU profs Michael Shenefelt and Heidi White open their history of logic, If A, then B: How the World Discovered Logic, with this: “The world is logical, according to some. Others call it absurd. We have never been sure who…
On Sunday I preached part 9 in our series through Job. It is entitled “Speaking Up For God” and is taken from Job chapters 32-37. You can listen or download it HERE.
I really like Michael Kruger. Dr. Krueger is a Professor of New Testament and President of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. He is also author of the enormously helpful Canon Revisited and The Question of Canon. In addition he is proprietor…
What should I do when my husband forgets to buy milk on the way home from work? When my kids leave their new bikes out in the rain? When fellow church members are curt or critical on Sunday mornings? Increasingly,…
“Why doesn’t the church know what to do with depression?” That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since the almost unbearably sad news broke that Robin Williams had taken his own life last week. There were a plethora of responses.…
“Why doesn’t the church know what to do with depression?” That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since the almost unbearably sad news broke that Robin Williams had taken his own life last week. There were a plethora of responses.…
