Why I Baptize Babies
Part 2 of 2 (see part 1 on “Why I Pour” here). As a pastor, who has many baptistic families in his church (who are fine Christians, dear friends, and those I commune with at the table), there are several…
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All New Mortification of Spin Website
The Mortification of Spin podcast has been airing for a year and a half, attracting tens of thousands of listeners each week. And while there are some issues and certain episodes that we are asked to avoid, remove, or apologize…
“Theism raises the ceiling on our hopes for happiness”
Today Justin Taylor posted one of my favorite sections from C. S. Lewis’s sermon, “The Weight of Glory.” In that sermon, Lewis speaks eloquently about the “desire for our own far-off country”–the desire for heaven. I worry that much contemporary…
Just Add Water (Epilogue)
Now that we have spread out into part 5 of a 4-part series, there’s a question I did not answer last time because it was much more serious than the other questions which have been added to this discussion by…
Art for Pleasure’s Sake: Calvin on Gen. 4.21
It’s well known that Calvin frowned upon religious images in churches and the use of musical instruments to accompany singing in the corporate worship of God. Religious artwork in churches served, he believed, to distract worshipers from those “pictures” of…
Why I Pour (When Baptizing)
Here is the first of two posts: “Why I Pour” & “Why I Baptize Babies.” They are both roughly 900 words each. Should we only baptize by immersion, the full submersion of the body under water? Should we argue that…
Biblical and Systematic Theology: Speaking from Different Premises
The most obvious difference between Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology, as already noted, is that while the former adopts a chronological approach, tracing the history of revelation, Systematic Theology treats the Bible as a finished product in which God has…
Biblical and Systematic Theology: Speaking from Different Premises
The most obvious difference between Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology, as already noted, is that while the former adopts a chronological approach, tracing the history of revelation, Systematic Theology treats the Bible as a finished product in which God has…
Little One Lost: Living with Early Infant Loss
“Little One Lost” by Glenda Mathes (Reformed Fellowship, 2012) is greatly needed today precisely because there doesn’t seem to be a great need for it. I certainly wouldn’t have felt its importance if not for a personal trek through the…
Church Planting Burdens: A Desire to Succeed
As I was leaving Wal-mart earlier today, I noticed a woman, in a red and white checkered dress, holding a sign that said, “Success is only mentioned in the KJV once. Check Joshua 1:8.” Is that the only time the…