“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “. . . . which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. …
Health Care Hoot
The administration’s health care dreams are in enough trouble that the White House had to answer an old video clip of Obama that showed up on Drudge. You can look at the clip and the White House answer here. What cracks me up about this is what it reveals about what the White House thinks …
Balance and Predestination
Book 3/Chapter 21 Predestination (section 1) 1. What reveals the wonderful depth of God’s judgment? 2. What are two characteristics of the doctrine? 3. What tears humility up by the roots? 4. What are the three benefits? 5. What happens if men pry too deeply into the subject? The rule for discussion (section 2) 1. …
Like Jello on a Plate
C.S. Lewis once wrote a short story (I think it was called The Shoddy Lands), in which a female character reveals herself to be utterly uninterested in anything but (I think it was) jewelery. I bring this up because I recall reading a reference to that story by someone else who took it as clear …
Some Recessionary Pink Elephants
What explains the lunacy of our present political leadership? The explanations are varied, of course, but they generally cannot be grouped under stupidity. Ignorance, often, but stupidity no. You don’t get to the positions of influence that these people occupy because you are unable to tie your own shoes. The question is not a matter …
The Sum of All Lawful Prayers
Book 3/Section 20 The sixth petition (section 46) 1. What is the sixth petition? 2. How should we pray against two opposite temptations? 3. What makes very little difference? Public prayers (section 47) 1. What should the prayers of Christians be? 2. What is signified by the amen? The sum of the acceptable (section 48) …
The Lord As the Sound Tech
The songs of the saints are not a rehearsal in an empty theater. And although the Scripture says that we do address one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, we have to remember that the music of God’s people is not private music. We address God, and we address one another, but others …
Grace Both Lifts and Lowers
We have reminded you many times that this is a table of thanksgiving, and not a table of introspection. We have come here to rejoice and be glad, not to mope in the presence of our heavenly Father. This is not because there is no moral danger for us. Of course not. But the danger …
A Place to Sing
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, we acknowledge our sin to You, bowing beneath the weight …
Public Spirited Brick Throwers
The cash for clunkers program is a variation on a theme, one that highlights the economic illiteracy of our times, and the greediness of our leaders and people. Free money — who could be against that? Well, me, for starters. Here is the theme. Henry Hazlitt (Economics in One Lesson) pointed out what he called …