Inside Higher Ed has published a fair-minded piece on the resurgence of classical Christian education at the college level, which you can read more about here. Since New St. Andrews is featured prominently in that piece, and since NSA has among its founders a controversial figure (three guesses), and a portion of the article was …
Can’t Leave a Place You Never Were
“There really are people who really are removed from the Vine. They are described in Scripture as branches which bear no fruit. The Bible teaches that these are people who are connected to Christ (they have to be connected to Him in order to be removed from Him), who nevertheless have no saving interest in …
Priests and Preachers
“Those with knowledge of the etymology of English words are aware that ‘priest’ is simply a contraction of ‘presbyter’, meaning ‘elder’. But it is also used to translate the Greek word hiereus, a sacrificing priest, which is never used of Christian ministers in the New Testament” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 117).
More Like the Gentiles
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #42 “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as it not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not …
But Jesus Never Consulted Our Book of Appropriate Illustrations
“For many Christians, [John 15:1-6] is a ‘problem passage.’ We want Christ to use a different figure. We want Him to be the Marble Box, with us as the individual marbles. When we are saved, we are put into the Marble Box, and we had better watch it, or we might find ourselves taken out …
Seldom If Ever
“More often than we like to admit, the pew is a reflection of the pulpit. Seldom if ever can the pew rise higher than the pulpit” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 115).
Too Many Hypocrites in the Halls of Reason
This is why I could never become an atheist or part of the skeptic community. Too many factions, divisions, snarls, petty fights, and so on. Worshipping the goddess Reason, they descend into frenzies of irrationality at the slightest provocation. I am tempted to say of them what Chesterton once observed about the enlightened ones at …
Always Stay Current . . .
Here are a couple of quick details for the Grace Agenda. The first is that if you scroll down to the bottom of this link, you will notice the pre-conference women’s event called Dangerous Women. We wanted you to know that we have added child care for that event. And the second detail is that …
A Tie That Binds
“A man may lie at the altar about his intention to be faithful to his bride. But his hypocrisy does not keep him from entering into the married state. An oath, when taken, binds. When it is a lying oath, then the sin is truly grievous precisely because the oath binds” (To a Thousand Generations, …
Deaf Church Dead Church
“A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle. God quickens, feeds, inspires and guides his people by his Word” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 113).