Here is one of the canons we sing. Composed by our music minister, David Erb, the text is from Zeph. 3:17. “He Will Rejoice” – Zeph. 3:17 – Christ Church Psalm Sing from Daniel Foucachon on Vimeo.
A Lot of Theological Pother
The next article in Tabletalk, by Paul Helm, was quite good. He was responding to Wright’s following statement: “People like Saul were not primarily interested in the state of their souls after death; that was no doubt important, but no doubt God would have the matter in hand. They were interested, urgently, in the salvation …
Last Stop
And here is the last stop on Nate’s blog tour.
And Maybe Even More Than That
As an instructor in a liberal arts college, I have met many aspiring writers. There are many who want to be wordsmiths, and that is great. We need many more than that. But I wish all of them would read this about twenty times.
A Living Sacrifice
INTRODUCTION: As we have worked through this epistle we have seen certain characteristics of Paul’s turn of mind. We now come to another one, very much in evidence throughout his letters. His pattern of teaching is this—doctrine precedes ethics, and is foundational to it. He teaches us what we must believe (credenda, things to be …
The Guest List Sure Isn’t
Last week we considered the fact that Jesus would eat with sinners. As we continue our meditation on this, we should realize that this is a simple extension from the fact that He would eat with anybody. The gospels are full of occasions where Jesus would eat in disreputable ways, and He told a number …
Ask For It
The gospel is powerful, and the word of God runs free in the world. As a result, the world will be converted. The gospel will accomplish what God commands it to do, and it will do so when and how He declares it. But that refers to God’s decrees and His control over all history. …
Not in the Name of Fiscal Common Sense
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 and God, we confess that we have become a debtor …
Getting a Post Hoc Post Doc
Among the informal logical fallacies, one of the most common is called the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Translated it means “after this, therefore because of this.” B follows A, and it is therefore assumed that A must have been the cause of B. This fallacy is so prevalent that it could easily be …
A Question that Only a Theologian Could Love
I don’t have a lot to say about Roger Nicole’s contribution to Tabletalk. The bulk of his article was a solid, standard Reformed treatment of some of the standard questions that can be raised concerned the imputation of righteousness — does this wipe out personal responsibility? does this make sinning a matter of indifference? and …