Many going into ministry assume that the greatest source of pain in the pastorate will be inflicted by those who do not profess faith in Christ. D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge wisely counsel those considering the pastorate: Read through…
Note to the Publishing Industry: We, the Readers, Loathe Endnotes
Is there someway we can begin a grass roots movement to agree that endnotes are a bad idea? How much time has been irretrievably lost while we thumbed through notes at the end of a book. If you are in…
What will you force the world to admit this week? (See the bold print below)
Matthew 5:14-16 reads, "“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to…
How Luther Comforted His Wife on September 20, 1542
Today in 1542 Luther’s 14 year old daughter Magdalena lay gravely ill with the plague. “Luther knelt beside her bed and begged God to release her from the pain. When she died and the carpenters were nailing down the lid…
Gospel Definitions
Trevin Wax is building a collection of Gospel definitions. See here. This will be a valuable resource for our Romans Project at church given the centrality of the Gospel in Romans. I gave a summary of the Gospel here. For…
It’s Saturday! Why not read something? Literature Enlarges Our Being
C.S. Lewis: “Literature enlarges our being by admitting us to experiences not our own. They may be beautiful, terrible, awe-inspiring, exhilarating, pathetic, comic, or merely piquant. Literature gives the entree to them all. Those of us who have been true…
Memorizing Scripture and Initial Thoughts on “How to Hide”
Paul Adams has written an excellent post on why we should memorize Scripture, to which I say, “Amen.” I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. We live from the inside out. What we think (as well as how…
The Greatest Conversation Ever (And How I Will Introduce Doug Moo on Sunday)
The study of the book of Romans is the greatest conversation that has ever taken place and Dr. Doug Moo has a seat at the table. Imagine a great banquet hall in an ancient castle with a vast round table…
At the very least, this outline is must reading for leaders
John Piper’s article, The Marks of a Spiritual Leader, is one of the best things I have read in a long time on spiritual leadership. It reminds me in tone of J. Oswald Sanders book, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence…
“Christianity is against individualism”
Cornelius Plantinga: Christianity is against individualism. In the Old Testament God made his covenant with Abraham and his descendents, with a whole people. We now baptize persons not because they are individual believers or even because they belong to a…