“Softening the Character of God”
The cross is the perfect statement both of God’s wrath against sin and of the depth of his love and mercy in the recovery of the damaged creation and its damagers. God’s mercy, patience, and love must be fully…
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Reading Reflection:
Girls Gone Wise, Mary Kassian ( Moody, 2010) This summer I am doing a mother-daughter book club using this book. We are about to meet for our second study. One chapter is on the differing roles of men and women. …
Books by Nancy Guthrie
I appreciate the work of Nancy Guthrie. I recommend you check out the following books: Discovering Jesus in the Old TestamentThis is a year’s worth of readings from the Old Testament demonstrating how Christ is present in (not simply read…
Cassandra says, Beware the new Donatism.
Donatism is an early church heresy that seems to be making something of a comeback in the modern church. Put simply, in its original context, the debates about Donatism in the ancient church swirled around the issue of rebaptism for…
Cassandra says, Beware the new Donatism.
Donatism is an early church heresy that seems to be making something of a comeback in the modern church. Put simply, in its original context, the debates about Donatism in the ancient church swirled around the issue of rebaptism for…
Which morality? Whose hypocrisy?
One of the things the non-Christian world does so relentlessly, and often rather accurately, is mock the inconsistencies and hypocrisies of the church. Of course, the Bible does the same, as anyone who has read Judges or any of the…
Which morality? Whose hypocrisy?
One of the things the non-Christian world does so relentlessly, and often rather accurately, is mock the inconsistencies and hypocrisies of the church. Of course, the Bible does the same, as anyone who has read Judges or any of the…
Housewives and Paychecks
Women are living in a very strange era. We’ve rebelled against entrapping traditional stereotypes, and now we are in the aftermath of liberal feminism. Yet here we are with more choices than ever and even more consternation about our role…
Petitions, Petitions, Petitions
Is someone willing to sign my petition to stop Christians from producing petitions. A petition to support marriage, a petition against gay marriage, a petition to ask liberals to stop being mean to us, a petition to say we…
Confessions Can Circumscribe Power – At Least In Theory
I am working feverishly this summer on a short book commending creeds and confessions to evangelical friends whose desire to make sure the Bible rules supreme leads them to what I consider a misguided but sincere rejection of such documents…