Thursday night I will begin a doctrinal study at 7:00 PM at the Red Brick Church. When deciding whether or not to attend, keep in mind that doctrine is not a matter of life and death. Hence, you need to…
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…
“For Truly Important Problems”
Seth Godin: You know something is important when you’re willing to let someone else take the credit if that’s what it takes to get it done. Or, in the words of the Apostle Paul: What then? Only that in every…
Peanuts Forever
Charles Schultz humbly reflects on Peanuts. For more see Letters of Note.
Jesus’s Example of Prayer in the Gospel of Luke
Each time I read the Gospel of Luke, I am struck by the Lord’s example in prayer. This list is not exhaustive. It does not include, for example, Jesus’s emphasis on prayer in his parables. 21 Now when all the people…
Loss of the Innocents
Ross Douthat: NEWTOWN, Conn., is about 20 miles from the town where my wife grew up. It’s the kind of place that rewards rambling New England drives: there are big old Victorian houses flanking the main street, a hill with…
“Ways in the Manger” Sermon Series Thus Far
This post is also available at theredbrickchurch.org. You can listen to the sermons here. Thus far in our “Ways in the Manger” series, we have considered the births of Isaac and Benjamin. The Isaac birth-narrative reminded us that God graciously…
Dear General Patraeus
An Open Letter to General David Howell Patraeus Dear General Patraeus: I do not have your email address or I would send this to you directly. Below is a letter I wrote to President Clinton in 1998. I didn’t have…
Alistair Begg: American Men Don’t Sing
Do you know any men who never sing in church? Marc Cortez summarizes a point Alistair Begg recently made about men not singing. Take just a moment to watch Alistair make his point in the embedded video. Here to read…