I’ve never liked change. I gripe when Jamie rearranges the furniture. Now, Amy Scott writes this and I’m feeling convicted. Change happens whether you want it to or not. I understand this more than I used to. One day you…
Dreaming of a “White Christmas”?
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD: “though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow, though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool . . .” (Isaiah 1:18) Ben (12)…
Plantinga explains why discipline gives way to fluid creativity
Cornelius Plantinga: Just as in sports and music, discipline in spiritual hygiene has a point. Anybody can play, but only a disciplined person can play freely. Discipline is the basis and presupposition of both freedom and power. A basketball forward…
Caught between the “mood” and New York City
There’s a joke about the post title . . . I know it’s crazy, but it’s true. In the mean time, Christina, who is the one caught between the mood and NY City posts about her reflections on the subway. …
Read Huckabee’s interview with CT if only to hear why he thinks we could do a better job preaching the Christmas story. . .
Mike Huckabee wants pastors to be more graphic about Christmas. The former Southern Baptist pastor says that the church has sanitized the holiday and should tell it like it happened. The former governor of Arkansas recently finished his 64-city book…
A pastor’s words to his congregation before he has brain surgery to remove a tumor
Matt Chandler is one of the most well known pastors in North America. On Thanksgiving morning he had a seizure and has since had surgery for a tumor. You really ought to watch this video he made for his church…
In which I continue to maintain that the Grinch sold out . . .
You really ought to read Doug Wolter’s interaction with the Grinch (HT: Z) – – He has some valuable insights about the Grinch. This would be a nice Christmas reflection for your family. However, in a “grinchier” attitude, I stand…
Chesterton on private religion
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), “Introduction to the Book of Job”: The modern habit of saying “Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me”—the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is…
F.F. Bruce: “The faith . . . is not something which can be caught and tamed”
The great New Testament scholar F.F. Bruce made this observation in his commentary on Hebrews. The faith once for all delivered to the saints is not something which can be caught and tamed; it continually leads the saints forth to…
Is your church observing the Lord’s Supper tomorrow?
Given that tomorrow is the first Sunday of December, I would assume that many churches are observing communion tomorrow. Are you getting ready? Five suggestions for preparing for communion: Take care of broken relationships. Make a phone call. Ask your…