7 6. 7 6 (St. Alphege) In Eden’s sinless gardenA man and woman stood,Each crafted in God’s image,And both entirely good. The serpent entered Eden,And entered both their hearts;And neither did resist him,Fell to his fiery darts. So Adam’s abdicationWas…
Over the Christmas holiday with my extended family, amid a full-blown but lovable circus of three to seven-year-olds that was rivaled only by the even louder football bowl game commentary emanating from the TV, the name of Stanley Fish came…
Now we walk by faith, but then we will have sight. Now we are given the written Word of God to study, sit under its preaching, meditate on, and pray. We are given the church of believers, the body of…
One of the Book of Church Order amendments making the rounds of PCA presbyteries this year is a proposed change to forbid the practice of intinction. For those not in the know, intinction is the procedure of receiving the Lord’s…
I have just begun to read through some early manuscripts of two new books coming out in the next two months from Reformation Heritage Books that I am quite excited about. The first is Encouragement for Today’s Pastors: Help from…
The following quote is from Benjamin Wadsworth’s introduction to The Gospel Ministry by Thomas Foxcroft: The right performance of this work [of gospel ministry] is attended with many and great difficulties, partly from the various, frequent, furious assaults of Satan;…
There is a continuous call to perseverance found in the sermon-letter to the Hebrews. These exhortations are strong warning passages scattered throughout verses 2:1-4; 3:12-4:13; 5:11-6:12; 10:19-39; and 12:25-29. With an audience of believers (the first intended audience being believing…
As promised, a first snippet from Thomas Foxcroft, who advises us as to the correct and necessary balance and relationship between public and private ministerial responsibility. He gives this specific counsel: Private inspection or pastoral visitation is of necessity to…
How Visible Should Christian Unity Be? John 17, Cardinal Kurt Koch and Martyn Lloyd-Jones in Trialogue The priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus in John 17 is unanimously recognized as one of the foundational texts, if not the text par…
How Visible Should Christian Unity Be? John 17, Cardinal Kurt Koch and Martyn Lloyd-Jones in Trialogue The priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus in John 17 is unanimously recognized as one of the foundational texts, if not the text par…
