Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I preached my first sermon as pastor elect of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, VA. It was a blessing to open God’s Word with these beloved saints. My text for the sermon was Psalm 96. You can listen…
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When the music does what the sermon doesn’t
In his latest article over at Ref21 Carl Trueman recounts a recent visit he made to King’s Chapel at Cambridge University. Trueman, a graduate of Cambridge, remembers the gospel-less preaching of King’s Chapel during his student days. However, on this visit…
Atheism from a Recliner
“…and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together…” (Gen 3:7) Atheists attempting to work out the worldview implications of their (un)belief-system appear to be on the rise these days (for an excellent handling of one…
Migrations of the Holy
William T. Cavanaugh. Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, 208 pp. $18.00. Few political theologians over the past fifteen years have been as consistently stimulating or provocative as William…
A Very Melodramatic Sort of Moonshine
My last post mentioned how things are not as they seem. That reminded me of one of my favorite stories, so I thought I would repost the review. The Man Who Was Thursday, G.K. Chesterton (First Published 1908; 2011 reprint,…
Real millionaire preachers?
Do you laugh or cry? For the sake of the gospel I desperately want this to be a spoof, but I fear it is for real.
Chapter 32
i. The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption: but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them: the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect…
What the Hijabi Witnessed (and What She Didn’t)
I have had the pleasure on a couple of occasions of sitting next to a girl wearing a hijab. Typically, this has occurred in departure lounges of airports or on the platforms of railway stations. Never has it happened in…
What the Hijabi Witnessed (and What She Didn’t)
I have had the pleasure on a couple of occasions of sitting next to a girl wearing a hijab. Typically, this has occurred in departure lounges of airports or on the platforms of railway stations. Never has it happened in…
Just How Important is Truth?
Unfortunately, discernment isn’t a popular discipline among many in the church. After all, the word means to separate. Sometimes, in separating the truth from the many lies that want to leach off of it, we can be accused of being…