Blessed Incongruity
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And…
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What is Christmas about?
https://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2549637&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 That’s Christmas (Short Film) HD from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo.
John Milton Christmas Poem
One of Milton’s earliest poems, from when he was around 21 and at Cambridge, is entitled “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.” I think Carl was at Cambridge when he was 21. Not sure, though, if he was writing poetry. Anyway,…
Christmas on Video
By now I’m sure you have all seen Tim Keller, both from the back and peering above the fold, on USA Today’s Cover for Thursday, December 17, for the story on multiple site churches. The article singles out Keller for…
Thinking Biblically about Bearing the Sword and Turning the Cheek
Does Jesus’ command to his followers to “turn the other cheek” mean that the state cannot legitimately bear the sword? David VanDrunen has written an excellent article for Themelios on the difference between the church’s responsibilities and that of the…
What exactly does “justice” mean?
The Associated Press has posted an article on a so-called “evangelical church” in Denver. I say “so-called” because of the church’s decision to embrace homosexuality as a legitimate Christian lifestyle. As I read the article it was clear that the…
Vacation Reading…
Here are the books I’m taking with me on Christmas break: Presuppositional Apologetics by Greg Bahnsen For the Thrill of It by Simon Baatz Flannery by Brad Gooch The Trellis and the Vine by Payne & Marshall
Far as the curse is found – The Promise Fulfilled
3. The Promise FulfilledNotice three ways that God’s Word reveals Jesus to us as the fulfillment of His promise. God in the fleshTo fulfill His promise God would not raise up a more moral man. It would not be enough…
Take and Read
Justin Taylor comments on a book that is on my must read list for 2010: “Just noticed that for a limited time Amazon has Jay Richard’s hardcover book, Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the…
Theology: Systematic / Biblical Balancing Act
Okay, if you’re a theology nerd like me then you will want to read the debate between two of my favorite writers – Carl Trueman and Graeme Goldsworthy.Now, I tease a bit about being a theology nerd. But don’t misunderstand.…