I suspect that those of you who hear a fair amount of preaching have experienced this, haven’t you? Somewhere along the line the preacher has been informed that a rhetorical question is a good way to engage his congregation, hasn’t…
Killing Calvinism, Greg Dutcher (CruciformPress, 2012) “God does not need us to be his spin doctors.” Now that’s a heck of a sentence. It’s short. It’s true. And it kind of slaps you in the face. You can find it…
We call those things mercies which please us, ease us, suit our wants, and fall in with our cravings. Truly they are so, but not less gracious are those benefits which cross us, pain us, and lay us low. The…
A Sabbath well spent Brings a week of content And strength for the toils of the morrow; But a Sabbath profaned Whate’er may be gained Is a certain forerunner of sorrow.
The Silence of Godby Andrew Peterson It’s enough to drive a man crazy; it’ll break a man’s faith It’s enough to make him wonder if he’s ever been sane When he’s bleating for comfort from Thy staff and Thy rod…
From The Juvenilization Of American Christianity: “Juvenilization happened when no one was looking. In the first stage, Christian youth leaders created youth-friendly versions of the faith in a desperate attempt to save the world. Some hoped to reform their churches…
James D. Bratt and Ronald A. Wells, eds., The Best of the Reformed Journal (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), 343 pages. A Spirited Discussion On the surface, this volume is an oddly delightful anthology of pithy readings culled from…
I felt a strange tension between the already and the not yet while gathering together with 3,800 women for the TGC conference. There we were, from all over the world, together. Women, believers, longing to learn in community from the…
Now that the news has broken that my album – tentatively entitled Funkier Than You Think – may be hitting the market before long, I feel marginally better qualified to speak to the issue of the sung worship of the…
This is a story about redemption and two very different dinners. There are four main restaurants at the Hilton in Orlando. For fine dining, you would go to the steakhouse. The Bistro offers a nice menu as well, at a…
