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In recent decades, Western culture has developed what the business analysts might call a 'scarcity mindset'. There are good reasons for this of course. For a long time, we've been behaving like a teenager in a bedroom, consuming non-renewable energy sources, polluting the planet, and degrading the...

Psalm 67 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah 2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. 3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the...

This is the third in a series of articles tackling the theme of Theological Eschatology; the introduction can be found here and the second installment here ~ Mark McDowell, the editor "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt. 5:8). In describing the blessed life, Jesus hearkens...

This is the third in a series of articles tackling the theme of Theological Eschatology; the introduction can be found here and the second installment here ~ Mark McDowell, the editor "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt. 5:8). In describing the blessed life, Jesus hearkens...

In early July the University of Notre Dame's "Institute for Church Life" held a comprehensive , high-octane - and free - conference on the doctrine "Creation out of Nothing" (one of the rare doctrines that might be better known by its Latin appellation: Creatio ex nihilo ). Comprehensive because,...

Over the past week, the refugee crisis facing Europe has been a matter of intense discussion here in the UK and around the world. While the facts, figures, and politics have long received attention on the news, pictures of the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach...

Over the past week, the refugee crisis facing Europe has been a matter of intense discussion here in the UK and around the world. While the facts, figures, and politics have long received attention on the news, pictures of the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach...

Scripture's account of God's command to Abraham to "circumcise the flesh of [his] foreskin" (Gen. 17.11; KJV) affords Calvin ample opportunity to reflect on the reality and nature of sacramental signs. Thus he is keen, in his comments on this and surrounding verses, to emphasize the close...

This is the second in a series of articles, the first of which can be found here ~ Mark McDowell, the editor I. Beginning and End God is not only instigator of but also integral to our hope. Before we consider the end, we do well to pay attention to the beginning. The first creation account (Gen. 1...

This is the second in a series of articles, the first of which can be found here ~ Mark McDowell, the editor I. Beginning and End God is not only instigator of but also integral to our hope. Before we consider the end, we do well to pay attention to the beginning. The first creation account (Gen. 1...