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Submitting to church geographically
Jonathan Leeman has an excellent treatment of the nature of church membership and how it relates both to God’s love and discipline, The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Reintroducing...
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My Mother’s Brother is Openly Avuncular
“Who do you expect to visit for Christmas?” “Why, all the usuals: Gramps, Granny, the cousins, and Mom’s brothers and sisters.” “What do you look forward to?” “The highly competitive and minimally...
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Packer on Calvinist Evangelism
J.I. Packer assesses the Calvinist mindset: What Calvinists have practised in the past and seek to re-establish in the present is a type of evangelism which does justice to the truths that God himself...
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The Functional Authority of Scripture
Here’s a good description of how Scripture should operate in the life of a believer: Merely affirming that the Bible is inspired accomplishes very little. Asserting its authority isn’t much better. The...
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Perspectives on Quid Pro Quo
The capitalist says, ‘You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.’ The socialist says, in effect, ‘You scratch my back or I’ll break yours.’ (Randy Alcorn, in Money, Possessions and Eternity,...
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Preaching at funerals
Members of the Christian Church often view death and dying as the surrounding culture does, especially when it comes to funerals. Here is what Harry Reeder III says to about that, in the context of...
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What kind of disciple does your money make you?
Here’s another compelling way that Randy Alcorn (Money, Possessions & Eternity) challenges our typical views on Christian discipleship, particularly how we view possessions and wealth: Today there...
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Monday to Saturday compassion
We may sing on Sunday morning, “Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snath them in pity from sin and the grave,” but our actions during the week might be proclaiming, “I really couldn’t care...
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Compassion in action against sin
Giving a birthday present to your best friend is like forcing down some double-fudge brownies. But giving up your extra bedroom to a homeless person in the name of Jesus is like eating the Rockies for...
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Owen on Guarding the Heart
You have many things to keep: you are attentive to keep your life, your property, your reputation, your family; but above all these things, attend to the keeping of the heart, that it is not entangled...
View ArticleThe “War on women” and who’s forcing whom…
Do an Internet search on the phrase “war on women” and you won’t be directed to articles dealing with China’s mandatory child limit, or Islam’s hijab requirements, or even to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The...
View ArticleThe trinitarian purpose of Christian trials
The Apostle Peter wrote to some of his people who were suffering for their profession of faith in Jesus Christ and who were enduring trials generally. In his letter, 1 Peter, the Apostle addresses how...
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Pass that Communion Wafer with an AK-47: Christians & Gun Rights
Should Christians demand their rights? More particularly, should followers of Jesus Christ demand their rights to assault rifles?For, if we only listen to those directing the media discussions of the...
View ArticleFaith in “Faith”
Posted on the marquis of a public middle school: “It doesn’t matter what you believe — only that you believe.” Let’s hold off, for a moment, on the standard jokes regarding the competency of public...
View ArticleShedding One Shackles Prepares Us for Another
People sometimes speak of “throwing off the shackles” of whatever has previously bound them. When the shackles are alcoholism, drug abuse or government oppressors we know what it means to throw them...
View ArticleIf the Shoe Doesn’t Fit, Lance a Boil
If you put on a pair of shoes and your feet hurt as a result, the problem could be one of two things. It might be that that shoes are too small or are poorly made. In that case, get different shoes....
View ArticleI Have this Bird Bath…
I’m sort of nerdy, I guess. When you own a book called The Birder’s Life List and Master Reference, it’s not too difficult a conclusion to reach. A conclusion, by the way, repeatedly confirmed by my...
View ArticleWhen Dirt is Not Merely Dirt
With four kids, one quickly realizes that there are many different kinds of dirty. There’s the sandy dirt that falls off kid shoes and collects in the floorboard of the mini-van . Then there’s the...
View ArticleOdds & Ends
“Stinking Selfish” Mega-church pastor Andy Stanley came under fire for criticizing parents who don’t attend mega-churches with their kids. He rightly pointed out in a sermon that churches can overlook...
View ArticleFree Speech & Stuff
Suppressing speech with “speech”; good words for speaking; leaving marriage; recognizing genocide… Free Speech to Suppress Speech Hecklers and protesters succeeded in shutting down a Donald Trump...
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