Category The Housewife Theologian

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Reading Reflection:

Brian Lee, “Is Reformation Christianity Just for Eggheads?,” Modern Reformation 21, No.5 (September-October 2012): 17-20. Rev. Dr. Brian Lee is the pastor of Christ United Reformed Church in Washington, DC. I had the opportunity to have a short conversation with…

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Our Living Resume*

I’ve been giving bad church signs a hard time lately—as I should. There’s a huge part of me that wants to march into some of these churches and talk with who is responsible. You know, ask them a few questions…

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A Modest Book

Modest, R. W. Glenn and Tim Challies (Adelphi, MD: CruciformPress, 2012) Funny. Earlier this month I was commenting on all the kerfuffle about modesty on the internet. I wrote an article about how I think we use the word way…

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The Cigarette of Publishing

If you follow my blog, you might have noticed that I regularly review or reflect on books from Cruciform Press. This is a fairly new publisher, offering a subscription to their now bimonthly release of books. With each book usually…

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Here’s Your Sign

Well it happened again. There I was, innocently driving my car,  only to come face to face with another bad church sign. Here is what the latest offender said: “Pray” is a four-letter word that you can’t say in public…

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Reading Reflection:

 Women’s Ministry in the Local Church, J. Ligon Duncan & Susan Hunt (Crossway, 2006) I’m 36 years old. It’s an interesting age. For one thing, I can’t figure out if I’m considered one of the older women in the church…

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Lifting Heads

Tim Fall has written another article for us. What do you think about the use of this Greek word in the parable of the True Vine?  Jesus tells us plainly that apart from him we can do nothing. That’s not…

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Reading Reflection:

The Christian Faith, Michael Horton (Zondervan, 2011) Since I was emphasizing the covenant aspect of God’s Word in my last book review, I wanted to share an excerpt from Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith, where he dedicates a whole chapter…

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Remarks that Stick with You

I wish I would have exuded the epitome of the godly-helper-wife when my husband asked me to “stop by” the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew his registration sticker for his truck today. I wasn’t. Of course I was going to…

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Did God Really Say?

Did God Really Say?, Edited by David B. Garner (P&R, 2012) One of the first Bible Studies I ever taught was on the doctrine of the Word of God. It was kind of done out of necessity. Back when I…