MDB 41: Exodus 12
What did the exodus mean for God’s people? First, it meant victory over the Egyptians. Exodus 12 uses the language of warfare as it describes the people of God leaving the land of their captors. It was as an army…
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Making Jonathan Edwards Accessible
Let’s just admit it. It is not easy to read Jonathan Edwards. Every now and then we try having heard John Piper or others extol the virtues of reading Edwards. So we sit down with a copy of “The End…
The Doctor
For those of you who may be wondering why some of us make a big deal about Martyn Lloyd-Jones, the following video is a brief biography on “the Doctor.” If you are interested in knowing more I highly recommend the…
Dawkins is right etc
A friend has drawn my attention to two articles in the Daily Telegraph (my, you know you are getting old when you start to say `Amen’ at the end of articles in the DT). The first concerns Richard Dawkins, who…
Dawkins is right etc
A friend has drawn my attention to two articles in the Daily Telegraph (my, you know you are getting old when you start to say `Amen’ at the end of articles in the DT). The first concerns Richard Dawkins, who…
MDB 40: I Cor 13
When Paul wrote about love in 1 Corinthians 13, he was not trying to give people something nice to read at weddings (although it is nice to read at weddings). Instead, he was trying desperately to show a church full of…
A God-Centered Approach to Dealing with Anxiety
A new resource from Ed Welch of CCEF: “When I Am Afraid” You know how anxiety and fear feels—your stomach drops, your neck tightens, your whole body tenses—but do you know what to do when anxiety fills your days and…
Well fancy that!
The Knights of St Columbus, a Catholic organisation, have just released the results of a survey of young Americans. The good news is that 85% of young Catholics believe in God, which, in terms of the proportion of reality to…
“These Last Days”
Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology Tenth Presbyterian Church, PhiladelphiaApril 30 – May 2, 2010 For many Christians, the last days refers to the short period of intense activity immediately prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. But according to…
MDB 39: Exodus 8
The plagues that God brought upon Egypt were designed to defeat the gods and goddesses of the Egyptian pantheon. For example, by turning the dust into bugs (Exod. 8:16-19), God was claiming his authority over the very soil of Egypt, and…