I had a great time with this article by my brother — Gordon Wilson — who teaches science here at NSA. The intricacies of God’s incredible design work are found absolutely everywhere. How many times does God try to make us exclaim “No way!”
For All Our Stupid Little Days
“Turning to relationships, Solomon says that men are to live joyfully with their wives for all their stupid little days. We think this would sound terrible on an anniversary card — because we are governed more by sentiment than by wisdom. How is this possible? Apart from the grace of God it is not possible. …
Always Persuasive at the Time
“Charles Spurgeon tells of the most extreme case, the man who ‘preached so well and lived so badly, that when he was in the pulpit everybody said he ought never to come out again, and when he was out of it, they all declared he never ought to enter it again'” (Sargent, The Sacred Anointing, …
Superstitious Atheism
In his next chapter, Peter Hitchens compares the respective gullibilities of the believing Christian and the “scientific” atheist. Atheists believe this to be one of their strong points, which Peter appears to recognize. “How the materialists like to jeer at the naive faith of the peasant, fooled by relics, faith healers, and the general hocus-pocus …
A Preposition That Makes All the Difference
“In this place, Solomon bluntly asserts that God controls all things. He does not say how God does it. Only a blockhead of the first order of magnitude would think to explain the way in which God reveals Himself through His works . . . We tend to assume, echoing Shakespeare, that the history of …
A Structural Servant
“Tricks of homiletics were repugnant to Lloyd-Jones. This does not mean he had no interest in structure. The reverse was the case. But form in a sermon is to be the preacher’s servant and not his superintendent” (Sargent, The Sacred Anointing, p. 115).
How Tight the Baptismal Wagons are Circled
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #5 “Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized …
7 Principles on Boys and Music
I have been asked by a correspondent, a teacher, how he might best study “how to motivate young men of middle and high school age to enjoy singing well to the glory of God.” Not knowing of any resources that are aimed directly at that topic specifically, I thought to jot down a few thoughts …
Additional Options Are Available
“If relativists seek after hollow minds, the godly must not respond by building minds of solid wood. Flexibility and prudence must not be confused with compromise and fear” (Joy at the End of the Tether, pp. 84-85).
The Smile of God
“There is all the difference in the world between preaching merely from human understanding and energy, and preaching in the conscious smile of God” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, as quoted in Tony Sargent, The Sacred Anointing, p. 79)