Blindness and the Church: Image, Reality, and Appropriate Behavior
“People see me all the time And they just can’t remember how to act. Their minds are filled with big ideas, Images, and distorted facts.” …
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Before you get to church on Sunday morning….
I’m trying to take a fast from buying books. I have an ever growing pile of books to read, the tyranny of the new book has meant I’ve neglected older ones. So far I’ve managed two and a half months…
Sunday Worship: What’s On My Bookshelves
Sunday worship is a sensitive issue. Advocates of the regulative and normative principles of worship each have a lens through which they look to subscribe to certain principles about worship. Which is right? Years ago I began reading on the…
Time heals all wounds?
There seems to be a common misconception among believers, at least in my growing experience as a Christian and as a pastor. It is a misconception that I have seen and felt from various directions. It shows itself among husbands…
Thoughts on visiting
Some time ago I read a letter from a pastor who had spent time in hospital. He was surprised at how ill-equipped the saints who came to visit him seemed to be in ministering to his soul as he lay…
FIFA World Cup
Thankfully God deals with our idols, because left to ourselves we certainly would not. Four years ago I had a paid flight to South Africa, tickets to many games, and passes into some of the various television studios (Al Jazeera,…
Baptism: What’s On My Bookshelves
When I first arrived at seminary, I was appalled that anyone claiming to be Protestant would baptize infants. In my limited understanding, only Roman Catholics conducted themselves in such an unbiblical manner. In my mind, infant baptism may have been…
Logos 5: the underlying platform
(Note: while there is an almost endless variety of material available from Logos Bible Software, this compound review is based around Logos Bible Software 5, the Bronze base package, and the Gold Reformed package.) From time to time, Logos gets…
Christ is Most Satisfied When We Most Glorify
As part of my series on practical Christology, I have asked: “How may I know Christ loves me?” and “Why is Heaven eternal?“ The answers to these questions do not belong only to theologians and pastors, but especially also to God’s people.…
The Difficulties Of Being Honest About Our Sin
We confess, along with Christians throughout the ages, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). Even from our earliest age, we are sinners (Ps. 51:5; Eph. 2:1). As the Westminster Shorter Catechism 18…