Bad News from Britain
The news that Britain has elected two members of the far-right British National Party to the European Parliament is surely bad news for all. Any observer of the political scene in Britain over the last twenty five years can be…
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Bad News from Britain
The news that Britain has elected two members of the far-right British National Party to the European Parliament is surely bad news for all. Any observer of the political scene in Britain over the last twenty five years can be…
Blog 111: 3.4.36 – 3.5.2
More attacks on man’s perennial problem of a works-righteousness mentality, this time by medieval Catholic insistence that “love covers a multitude of sins” – that is, with God. Calvin correctly interprets misinterpreted passages of Scriptures viewed as suggesting that works…
Blog 110: 3.4.32 – 3.4.35
Here Calvin turns to the issue of God’s chastisement of his children as opposed to vengeance and punishment of his enemies, no easy subject to talk about let alone experience. A couple of things may be worth emphasizing. First is…
When Christians Blog
David Garner of Westminster Seminary has written a very thoughtful article on blogging. He opens with a purposefully tongue-in-cheek assurance that blogging is not in and of itself a sin. But he also points out that “Real Christians really blog,…
Sunday’s Sermon
You can listen to or download Sunday’s sermon “Do What You Did at First” by clicking HERE. It was Vision Day at COS. What a great day we had! We were blessed by a report from our Thailand team, the…
“Smooth Talk and Flattery”
In Romans 16 the apostle Paul warns against those preachers who use “smooth talk and flattery” to deceive God’s people. Often times these flattering preachers were motivated by a desire to enrich themselves. Little has changed. The health, wealth, and…
If Calvinists Ran America
I spotted THIS over at Riddleblog. Enjoy!
The U.S. a Muslim Nation?
First we were told that America is not a Christian nation. Now, there is a sense in which I agree. Certainly we are a majority Christian nation and our laws and national identity were shaped through the lens of a…
Blog 109: 3.4.27 – 3.4.31
Among the list of things I missed by not growing up Catholic would be the discussion of venial and mortal sins. Alas, all lost on me. But one thing I do remember hearing while growing up is that sin is…