If you need to get braces, then get them in the next few days. The sooner you get them on, the sooner you will get them off. I woke up several years ago and couldn’t open my mouth. Literally, my…
“Because the Bible is what it is, it can do what it does”
After we had Reuben sandwiches and a toss salad with cherry tomatoes and mandarin oranges, my family profited from this Bruce Ware quote and the chapter in which it is found. Or think of it like this: because the Bible…
On the danger of excusing ourselves from church in the name of the family
Obviously, the nuclear family should be a priority for local churches. But, sometimes people play the family card in excusing themselves from a deep commitment to the local church. This is yet another area where balance is needed. Remember: the…
Refuse to Be Bored
David Wayne interacts with boredom and a NY Times article about Ben Franklin: Kottke has a post titled "Ben Franklin Did Everything" which links to a post in the NY Times on Ben Franklin by Maira Kalman called "Can Do."…
Kevin DeYoung on the New Earth
Kevin DeYoung: The first place in the Bible where the new heavens and new earth are mentioned is in the book of Isaiah, chapter 65. It gives a sweetly glorious picture of what is to come. For behold, I create…
Free Stuff Friday’s at Challies.Com
I haven’t previously mentioned Tim Challies’ Friday give-away because I suppose most of you already read his blog. But, given today that he is giving away a copy of my book, Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep…
Grudem: “We must be careful here, as with baptism, to avoid the mistake of overreacting to Roman Catholic teaching and maintaining that the Lord’s Supper is merely symbolic and not a means of grace . . .”
Christians should treasure the Lord’s Supper. Wayne Grudem: The Lord’s Supper is not simply an ordinary meal among human beings—it is a fellowship with Christ, in his presence and at his table. Once again, we must avoid the idea that…
Tribute to AIM Pilot Killed in Africa
Our church family knows that we prayed in our services for AIM missionaries and their families touched last week by an airplane crash. One of the team, Mike Delorenzo wrote a tribute to the pilot who died. We held a…
“The baptism was beautiful. I waited every day for over a month. . .”
Does your church have a baptism service coming up? A good friend from a different part of the country, recently wrote this to me in an e-mail regarding her church’s baptism service. It pictures how we should feel about the…
Should Christians Be Cremated?
I received this question recently from one of our flock. I was reviewing the details of my will and have specified that I wish to be cremated. I have no real strong feelings; I guess just an engineer’s approach to…