“In order to grow in Christlikeness, we’ve got to intentionally apply the gospel to everything we are and everything we long to do. We’re not to sever our obedience from [Christ’s] perfect sinlessness nor disconnect our mortal life from his…
Over at the Gospel Coalition James Grant has written a very helfpul piece on intruducing contemporary congregations to the richness of Christian hymnody. I occasionally get questions about introducing hymns to congregations that do not sing them. Should a pastor…
https://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11501569&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 “Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.
Thanks to my church family for letting me get away with my wife for a few days. We spent the weekend on Martha’s Vineyard. The occasion was our 20th anniversary. Actually our anniversary is not until the end of the…
We end our little series of reflections on these psalms this week on an interesting note with two psalms that provide a fitting climax and conclusion to the section. The first is a final cry to God from David for…
This seems to be another sad case of biographical embellishment from a well known evangelical “leader.” Liberty University ought to be ashamed. I expect no such emotion, however, from Dr. Caner. Scripture teaches that few of us should be teachers…
Throughout history the builders of castles, forts and citadels have favoured rocky outcrops as the best place to site them. So David reaches for the language of such places to describe the One in whom believers are truly secure: ‘My…
It’s always fascinating to see the way the Psalms have been arranged since, more often than not, the thoughts of one flow into those that follow. That is certainly the case in this little cluster of psalms that are providing…
Two things seem to dominate the headlines of our times: corruption and conspiracy. Bad men end up in positions of power and good men (and women) are all too often undermined and sidelined in their influence. Things haven’t changed since…
