Michael Horton in his recommended Gospel-Driven Life, The: Being Good News People in a Bad News World: Paul and his fellow apostles knew that they were by nature – – like the rest of us – – bent in on…
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…
Ken Sande: Four Promises Christians Make When They Forgive
Among other things, forgiveness is a commitment. Forgiveness is a promise to pardon another. Ken Sande summarizes four promises that Christians make when they forgive another. “I will not dwell on this incident.” “I will not bring up this incident…
Naming Our Sons Paul and Our Dogs Nero
My favorite book dedication ever is F.F. Bruce’s dedication of his magisterial book, Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free: To my grand-daughters HELEN, ANNA, ESTHER AND WINONA MARY And to my grandsons PETER, FREDERICK, ALAN and PAUL bearing in…
Trevin Wax Reflects on the Shack
The Shack continues to be a bestseller. Click here to read Trevin Wax’s balanced interaction with it.
“As long as there are people who weep, apostasy is not total.”
I recently encouraged people to read Isaiah 59:9-15. Admittedly, they are not upbeat verses. In this section, Isaiah laments over Israel. You won’t need the the prophetic gifts of Daniel to see their application for our day. “Therefore justice is…
The Audacity of “Vanity Fair”
Audacity: “aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery,” “insolent boldness” *********************** You probably know that Vanity Fair is a popular magazine. Go into a Barnes and Noble and its glossy cover vies for your attention somewhere near the cash register. But, do…
It’s Okay to Want Fulfillment
Randy Alcorn: We must realize, once and for all, that wanting to fulfill our ultimate desires and seeking the rewards God offers us are not anti-Christian. What is anti-Christian is the self-centeredness that’s unconcerned about God and our neighbor, and…
“I Don’t Want to Go to Heaven . . .”
Mike Wittmer: I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for the other place – – I want no part of everlasting fire and unbearable, unquenchable torment . . . I’d love to go to heaven –…
“Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end”
Know this song? Either way, you hopefully know the text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 " For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to…