Category Reformation21

r21_arthead

American Idol

When we pin all of our hope as well as our despair on the presidency of the United States, we’ve not only committed idolatry, we’re also guilty of sloth, and we also (sometimes) sound mean.  I’m not suggesting that we…

r21_arthead

Olympics 2012 in London

Couldn’t resist posting this light hearted cameo of things to come when the Olympics comes to East London in 2012, the home of ping-pong. Here. Carl, wipe that tear from eye!

r21_arthead

Things done and undone

Today I’m back to work with a full two days of faculty workshop, followed by classes starting next week.  Summer’s over, in other words.  It’s a good time to reflect on what got done, what got left undone, and what…

r21_arthead

Christians Should Be Like That

I just saw on the internet that Shawn Johnson, the American female gymnist, finally won her gold medal, on the balance beam.  For me, the highlight of the Olympics was not Michael Phelps, great as that was.  I thought the…

r21_arthead

Mary of Bethany

In the third in a series of articles in which we examine Jesus’ encounters with various individuals, we take a look at the conversation of Jesus with Mary of Bethany in Mark 14:1-9. Jesus was on his way to Calvary.…

r21_arthead

Reformed ghetto blasters

I’ve just been reading Collin Hansen’s Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists. It’s a fascinating exploration of the growing influence of names with which we are familiar: John Piper, Mark Dever, Al Mohler. I don’t get…

r21_arthead

Questions about Bible Interpretation

I have been involved in a friendly, and hopefully fruitful, discussion over at Green Baggins regarding Bible interpretation.  I have been encouraged to post here some of my comments there.  Because I am excerpting from a conversation, I will have to…