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…
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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!
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Rick Phillips, on Cultural Relevance, Mercy Ministry and the Social Gospel
Rick Phillips was recently interviewed on Christ the Center. The subject was “Cultural Relevance, Mercy Ministry and the Social Gospel.” Here.
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…
The Atonement in Context of Covenant Theology
Preliminary Remarks I have been enraptured with the cross of Christ ever since I was drawn to Christ by his Holy Spirit working faith in me over 25 years ago. Ever since then I have come to an ever increasing…
Piper on Machen, Doctrine, and Preaching
Amidst all the hoo-hah out there about whether my pal Trueman is really a chinless theology-lite liberal, why anyone would want to study Lederhosen, whether Schleiermacher would really have spoken cockney dialect with a German accent, and other matters of…