Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I preached part four in our current series through Job (2:11-3:26). It is entitled “Never Alone” and can be listened to HERE.
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Call Me Maybe
How do we deal with the tricky matter of pastors moving from one congregation to another? Some time ago I was in a session meeting with my elders, discussing my salary, and the phone rang (a long distance call). Within…
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty. Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014. 696 pp. Hardcover. $24.99 To say that Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century has become a sensation would be…
Does Liturgy or Music Keep Minorities Away from Our Church? (Part 2)
“Our call to worship comes from…”, “If you have confessed your sins, I declare to you…”, and “The Lord bless you and keep you” are statements frequently found on Lord’s Day worship at Reformed and Presbyterian churches. Are these things…
Women of the Word
Books at a Glance has posted my review of Jen Wilkin’s new book, Women of the Word. Here’s a short teaser: “The Bible does not want to be neatly packaged into three-hundred-and-sixty-five-day-increments” (75). No, no it doesn’t. But too often…
Sanctification and the Heidelberg Catechism, Part One
Exploring the Heidelberger’s robust doctrine of progressive sanctification In the recent and engaging discussions on the doctrine of sanctification, I have found it interesting that some in my own denomination, The Presbyterian Church in America, are quicker to reference…
Sanctification and the Heidelberg Catechism, Part One
Exploring the Heidelberger’s robust doctrine of progressive sanctification In the recent and engaging discussions on the doctrine of sanctification, I have found it interesting that some in my own denomination, The Presbyterian Church in America, are quicker to reference…
Sunday Mornings
So I was sitting on my back porch, all ready to answer my own journaling questions for Housewife Theologian, Chapter 10. As it turns out, making the questions is a lot easier than answering them. I was preparing to lead a small…
Sunday Mornings
So I was sitting on my back porch, all ready to answer my own journaling questions for Housewife Theologian, Chapter 10. As it turns out, making the questions is a lot easier than answering them. I was preparing to lead a small…
Sunday Mornings
So I was sitting on my back porch, all ready to answer my own journaling questions for Housewife Theologian, Chapter 10. As it turns out, making the questions is a lot easier than answering them. I was preparing to lead…