What do you think of when you think of someone with a seared conscience? The natural thing that might come to mind is the image of a sociopath, someone who has no compunction about doing anything whatever. “Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron . . .” (1 Tim. 4:2). …
Both Bad Moves
“As the leaven worked its way through the Christendom, religious forms of this man-centered mentality began to pervade the Church. In the ‘liberal’ sections of the Church, it took the form of exalting the intellect of man over the Scriptures. In the ‘conservative’ sections of the Church, it took the form of exalting personal conversion …
Always Start With the Muck Boots
In his small book, What Is An Evangelical?, Martin Lloyd-Jones says a number of helpful things (along with some pretty unhelpful ones). But one of the helpful ones was this — “The next thing, clearly, about the evangelical is the tremendous emphasis that he puts upon the rebirth. This is absolutely basic to him . …
A Language Twofer
A day or so ago, I announced the publication of Rudiments of Anglo Saxon. You remember that, right? Well, here is a link to another product that overlaps with the Anglo Saxon. Matt Whitling has a wonderful course on The Grammar of Poetry (both book and video), and since Anglo Saxon poetry leans heavily on …
Counseling in a Week
Here is an event worth checking out, and sorry for the late notice on it.
You Can’t Fill a Glass With an Empty Pitcherr
“Hollow theology cannot result in full lives” (A Primer on Worship and Reformation, p. 16).
The Sacramental Story
The alternative to believing in the real presence of the Lord in the Supper is believing in His real absence. That can’t be right. So perhaps a better way to frame the debate should therefore be local presence versus a rightly understood covenantal presence. One of the great problems with local presence has to do …
Using Your Stuff
“Love is the measurement of all things spiritual. But the Bible teaches that love is defined by our behavior in the world of matter . . . from where I sit, the New Testament talks about Christians glorying in their doctrine and consequently loving one another with their bodies and all their stuff” (A Primer …
Up With People With Calculators
The vote in Wisconsin last night was heartening, on a number of levels. First, I was gratified that the very first thing Scott Walker did was give glory to God for His abundant grace. Cynics can dismiss that sort of thing as campaign boiler plate, but in the Bible, it remains a big deal. It …
Just Like Their Spears Did
Let’s share a little secret, you and I. I obviously think that the study of the classical languages is great and all, but if it leads you to say domicile when you could just as easily have said house, then something has gone terribly wrong. So if you have an aspiring language scholar in your …