On the lighter side…
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“A man’s decision about pornography is a decision about his soul”
Thanks to Justin Taylor for posting a link to an important address by Al Mohler to the male students of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. You can download the audio HERE or read the manuscript HERE. Mohler first considers the man…
August 12: 1 Samuel 2
“Priests guilty of sexual misconduct in the sanctuary” No, this is not a headline from one of today’s sleazy newspapers (though it could well be); it is a headline that characterizes the goings on in Shiloh where Eli two reckless…
A Christian response to the normalization of homosexuality
It feels a bit hopeless at times. We are, in the words of one commentator, a “70/30 country.” That is, we are a country where the majority of citizens (70%) are being ruled by an ideological minority (30%). These ruling…
Luther On Being a Theologian IV
OK, as we enter the fourth post in this series, I am conscious it might be starting to look a bit like one of those oh-so-godly-but-goodness-me-aren’t-they-dull-as-ditchwater series one finds occasionally in reformed magazines, with titles such as `Reflections on the…
Luther On Being a Theologian IV
OK, as we enter the fourth post in this series, I am conscious it might be starting to look a bit like one of those oh-so-godly-but-goodness-me-aren’t-they-dull-as-ditchwater series one finds occasionally in reformed magazines, with titles such as `Reflections on the…
Luther On Being a Theologian IV
OK, as we enter the fourth post in this series, I am conscious it might be starting to look a bit like one of those oh-so-godly-but-goodness-me-aren’t-they-dull-as-ditchwater series one finds occasionally in reformed magazines, with titles such as `Reflections on the…
August 11: 1 Samuel 1
God’s people may find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, but God’s grace is always sufficient and powerful to enable us to persevere and display extraordinary acts of godliness. Such is the lesson of the first chapter of 1 Samuel where Hannah’s…
Luther On Being a Theologian III
The second mark of a true theologian for Luther is, to use his chosen Latin word, tentatio. We might translate this as `testing’ or even `temptation,’ but, within the context of Luther’s thought, where, when he writes in German, he…
Luther On Being a Theologian III
The second mark of a true theologian for Luther is, to use his chosen Latin word, tentatio. We might translate this as `testing’ or even `temptation,’ but, within the context of Luther’s thought, where, when he writes in German, he…