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A return to the civility of the past…
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Washington DC
This week I was able to spend two days in Washington DC with my family. We had a great time. I have not walked that much since the last time I went to DC.
October 29: 2 Tim 1
We would do well to meditate on the truths and the tone of this chapter as we live and speak for Christ in the twenty first century world. Those in ministry, especially during the early years, would do well to…
October 28: 1 Tim 6
When the great Scottish minister Thomas Chalmers was converted, even though he had been a minister for several years, it led to a seismic shift in his preaching. Gone were the days filled with mathematical and scientific studies, with but…
Trueman, Schnitzel, the Heidelberg disputation and psalms
Fascinating day, partly because in the order of things, I had the day off. Carl Trueman gave a brilliant defense of Creeds and Confessions, so brilliant that it made the “no creed but the Bible” folk sound like the lunatic…
Theological Quicksand
Once the authority of Scripture is dismissed in some things it is not long before it will be dismissed in all things. Karl Giberson over at Biologos continues to reveal more of his theological cards. This is no surprise to…
October 27: 1 Tim 5
Leadership is a vital issue for the Church. Appointing the right leaders, with the right qualifications (think godliness as well as giftedness, as per 3:1-7 and 4:12-16), is a top priority. The wrong kind of leaders can wreak havoc in…
October 26: 1 Tim 4
The old hymn “The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord,” in describing the ongoing struggles of the Church militant, contains the poignant line “by schisms rent asunder/by heresies distressed.” Is that how you feel about heresies? Heresies are…
The Real Start of the Reformation?
In the week when the Protestant church looks back to the advertising of a public debate by a professor, Martin Luther, at Wittenberg University on October 31, 1517, and celebrates that event as the start of the Reformation, Derek and…