Tim Keller has provided us with a brief introduction to his thinking on the relationship of the current science and biblical revelation. You can find that essay here in six parts at BioLogos. After reading it, there were a number of questions I wanted to ask, and so then I decided to go right ahead. …
That Bus Everybody Talks About
I like Jonah Goldberg a lot, and David Bahnsen here has done us a favor by pointing to this over there. Jonah argues his case well, and the best thing about it is that he really understands the problem a number of us have with Romney. In addition, I know I live in Idaho, and …
Three McGoverns at Once
I am not surprised that my comments on not supporting Romney generated some interest, and I would like to engage with some comments that were made here. I thought the disagreement was on point and respectful for the most part, and since Dr. Brian Mattson has pushed his blue chips out to the middle of …
The Gift of Repentance
“Repentance is not the coin we put in the vending machine of salvation to get our product. Repentance is part of the gift” (From Out of Darkness, Light, p. 145).
The First to Hear
“He who preaches must preach to himself first of all. His preaching must first grip his soul, and must be a testimony from God to his own soul” (Kuyper, Our Worship, p. 192).
Calvin on Redemptive/Historical Preaching
“If we leave it to men’s choices to follow what is taught them, they will never move one foot. Therefore, the doctrine of itself can profit nothing at all” (John Calvin, as quoted in Murray, How Sermons Work, p. 108).
Atop a Massachusetts Barn
It was declared inevitable a number of times prematurely, but it really does look inevitable now. Rick Santorum has bowed out, and Romney will clinch the Republican nomination some time in the near future. This means, among other things, that I will not be voting the Republican ticket in the fall. But it also means …
An Evangellykindle
There is a great Kindle sale price for Evangellyfish going on for this week. Check it out.
When the Spirit Breaks the Rules
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11). The Basket Case Chronicles #71 “Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God” (1 Cor. …
Why Life is Necessary
“If the old heart is capable of repentance and faith, which is all that God requires of us, then why do we need a new heart?” (From Out of Darkness, Light, p. 144).