Singing God’s Words or Man’s Words?
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…
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Logic and Logos
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…
Sunday’s Sermon
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.
Unbelief is not a virtue
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…
I forgive you, but please don’t call it ‘giving grace’
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,…
Tangled Up in Blue: Depression and the Christian Life
“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.…
Tangled Up in Blue: Depression and the Christian Life
“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.…
Evangelistic Unbelief
It seems that unbelief is all the rage among some who identify themselves as Christian. Specifically, asserting that the Bible is filled with errors to the extent that Christianity needs redefining is, among some, a mark of a truly mature…
Round and About…
I am currently preaching through Job and previously posted links to the commentaries/resources that have been most helpful to me. I have also been helped by a number of books on the theme of suffering. Here are the ones I…
A Strangled Baby & A Gold Cup
Why do good things happen to bad people and why do bad things happen to good people? Strictly speaking, there has only ever been one good person who has had bad things happen to him, and he volunteered! But the…