“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #4 “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same …
A Decorated Altar is Still a Cold One
From the very beginning the Christian faith has had to deal with imposters who gain control of the governmental mechanisms of the church, doing so in order to undermine the entire point of the Church. Think, for example, of Diotrephes, who would put out of the church anybody who had even voted in favor of …
Apologetics in a Flash, on a Flash
This looks like a really good deal for those who are interested in apologetics.
Clean Water Still Runs
In Her Hand in Marriage, there is an appendix that treats the same basic scenario. {audio}TheRiver.mp3{/audio}
What the Two Kingdoms Are Not
As I have been writing on political dualism, I have been periodically asked about my take on VanDrunen’s work. My copy of that work is presumably still in the mail, but here is a very important critique to tide you over
The Tallest Pole Out There
Temptations in the arena of worldly striving and carnal ambition do not cease simply because you have “left the world,” and have joined the perfect church, or attached yourself to some edgy inner city monastery, or have become a hermit in a hut. You might go clean outside the city, like St. Simeon Stylites, and …
For To This End . . .
INTRODUCTION: We are continuing on the same theme so that we might remember the importance of loving our brothers and sisters in the faith, but doing so in a very spacious context. Learning the extent of that context will be what enables us to live rightly with one another in close quarters.
No Matter What Happens, You Grow Up Into You
Jesus is Lord, and He is Lord forever, world without end, and amen. He is Lord of Heaven and earth–not Lord of tiny compartments in our hearts. His grace must extend to those compartments, and our awareness of His lordship over all things must begin there. We must be converted to God. The works of …
The Right Way to Take Grace for Granted
When we come to the Lord’s Table week after week it is with the expectation that God will feed us. We come here expectantly, and we are right to do so. We bring our children with us to this meal, and they are right to be expectant also. Food and wine were promised, and food …
Derivative Ownership
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we confess that as a nation we have abused and …