I have made a great theological discovery. It’s a really hot one, worthy, it seems to me, of an honorary Th.D. or something like that. We have many worthy seminaries in a position to grant this honor, and so once I have published it here in just a few minutes, I will wait a couple …
Apologetics Interview
For those interested in apologetics, there is a short interview with me here.
Defining History
INTRODUCTION:We have all enjoyed the anticipation of another Christmas, and we are still in a celebratory moment—a Lord’s Day celebration the day after Christmas. But we don’t ever want this celebration to drift off point—this is not the armistice day of a long-forgotten war. This war is on-going, and we celebrate this decisive point in …
Waiting for the Rat to Die
As we live with one another in our families and in community, we receive all the blessings that come to us from other people. We also receive all the temptations that arise from living in community. These temptations can be filed under grudges, hurts, offenses, bitterness, resentment, peeves, exasperations, and more. But in the name …
And Here You Are
The grace of God enables us to see and savor the grace of God everywhere. This happens in the created order, in the ordinances of worship, in the Scriptures, in the bread and wine, and in the law of God. For the gracious, everything is grace. When someone does not know the grace of God, …
Confessing a False Alternative
Father we confess to you that our grudges and resentments are ample proof that we have not loved our enemies as we ought to have done. We have dealt with our enemies in a fleshly and carnal way, and have not sought to deal with them in the way that Your Word requires. We assume …
A Christmas Eve Invitation
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit . . . merry Christmas. Welcome, and thank you for coming this evening. We are grateful to have the opportunity to share our Christmas celebrations with you. What is Christmas about? What is the point of the whole thing? We don’t want to make the …
In Praise of Christmas Cash Registers
Or, another title could be, “The Death Knell of Gnosticism.” Scriptures commend those who have the eyes to see that which is unseen. But there is more than one kind of “unseen,” and we have to make sure we are not limiting the eye of faith to just the heavenly realities. It is good for …
The Goodness of Stuff Means Merry Christmas
Christmas and falling into sin from Canon Wired on Vimeo.
The Reformed Card and Gift Shop
So the sexual socialists found a few craven Republicans and jammed a sea change bit of legislation, the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” through a lame duck Congress. Instead of the president having to leave town in humiliation over the high-handed antics of a discredited Congress, this, and a few other passed and signed …