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. . . is involuntary praise.”  This marvelous statement from Edward Young appears on the cover of Wheaton College’s 2007 Christmas card. Gentle reader, may this be for you the most wonder-full time of year, in which your mind and…

Paul Tripp made a helpful comment Sunday about the nature of biblical revelation.  The Bible, he said is a “theologically-annotated narrative,” a story that comes with “God’s notes.”  This comment does justice to the narrative structure of the Bible as…

Here I finally begin posting some reflections and reactions on my recent trip to the Far East.  My 11-year old daughter Kirsten and I left for Singapore on December 3, returning on December 12.  The main purpose of the trip…

John Stott has just published a new book on the ministry of the church, called The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor.  The structure of the book flows from Stott’s exposition of Acts 2 and his admiration for the…

A pithy reminder from B.B. Warfied’s classic work on The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible: “[W]e do not adopt the doctrine of the plenary inspiration of Scripture on sentimental grounds, nor even, as we have already occasion to remark,…

Ken Myers has done it again, writing a thoughtful, provocative letter to his listeners at Mars Hill Audio.  One quotation from theologian Michael Williams seems especially appropriate to the season: “The power that called the world into being [took on]…

Many thanks to Rick Phillips for waiting until I was halfway around the world to post my latest dance video (see “Christmas Contextualization at Tenth Pres”).  In truth (and my children can vouch for this), I am not nearly as…