Shallow and narrow
One of the joys, if we choose to call it that, of the turn of the year is the “books wot I red” lists that emanate from bloggers left, right and centre. Some of them are simply crass arrogance –…
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Mindfulness or the mind of Christ
The singularly brilliant Christian apologist of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal, noted the existential reality that the human condition was one of inconstancy, boredom and anxiety. For him, the only real cure was made known in history by the God of Abraham, Isaac and…
Mindfulness or the mind of Christ
The singularly brilliant Christian apologist of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal, noted the existential reality that the human condition was one of inconstancy, boredom and anxiety. For him, the only real cure was made known in history by the God of Abraham, Isaac and…
The Hole in our Holiness
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in our Holiness. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2014. Paperback. 160 pages. $11.99 Personalities, Polemics, and Progress When one’s theological diet consists entirely of blog posts for meals and tweets about blog posts for snacks, it…
Marking our days and God’s eternity
As we come to the end of the year and stand ready to mark the beginning of another, it is good to remember that we mark time because time is intrinsically measurable, intrinsically finite. Not only is time itself finite,…
Resolutions for the New Year
I don’t really care for Resolutions, mainly because I rarely keep them. Personally, I just want to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ day by day, depending especially on the ordinary means of grace to accomplish this purpose.…
Does Liturgy or Music Keep Minorities Away from Our Church? (Part 5)
In parts 1-4, I briefly highlighted some of my thoughts regarding liturgy, music, and the inclusion of more minorities (or more specifically, African-Americans) in our churches. I am going to take a slight detour in this fifth segment, a detour…
Is Evolution Biblically Acceptable? The Question of Genesis 1
Given what World Magazine has called a “major, well-funded push” to promote the acceptance of evolution among evangelical Christians, the case must be persuasively made against the compatibility of evolution and the Bible. In answer to this pro-evolutionary stance, I…
Putrid vs. Perfumed Worship: Calvin on Gen. 8.20-21
Noah’s first deed upon exiting the ark — at least as recorded in Scripture — was to build an altar and offer unto God sacrifices from the “clean” animals and birds which had accompanied him and his family on his…
Loving Christ But Hating His Bride?
“Mark, it’s a sad fact, but books on our Lord don’t sell well” – Anonymous. Blog posts on Jesus don’t do well, either, if you are judging a blog post by stats. But what about books and posts on Christ’s…