Author Magazine has posted an interview with Nate, which should be quite interesting to aspiring writers. And they put a post up here about it.
Things Indifferent
Book 3/Chapter 19 Sons and servants (section 5) 1. What two kinds of obedience does Calvin compare here? 2. What passage does Calvin cite to justify his statement of how God receives our labors? No fear (section 6) 1. What do we not need to fear now that we have been emancipated by grace? Things …
Amoretti
As you may know, my daughter Bekah has a clothing line with her business Amoretti, which you can take a look at over here. With me so far? The Merkles have been in England for the last three years, but they are now back home, and yay for that. In related news, they now have …
Christians on Paper/Romans XXVII
INTRODUCTION: So what is the difference between those who are simply called by God’s name, and those who really belong to Him? This is a question that arises in both covenants, and it is answered (in principle) the same way for both. The Jews had drifted into the error of externalism, and Paul is here …
Stewardship Schmoowardship
There are many things that are exasperating about the soi disant stewards of the environment, but the central exasperating thing about them lies right at the heart of their claim. This is especially true of Christians who tell us that Jesus requires us to be “stewards of the earth,” and that being green is a …
Christian Freedom
Book 3/Chapter 19 Christian liberty (section 1) 1. How many aspects to Christian freedom are there? 2. Is Christian liberty important? 3. What are the two errors he describes with regard to Christian liberty? Justification (section 2) 1. What is the first error he addresses? Galatians (section 3) 1. Is the letter to the Galatians …
Tilt a Whirl Trailer
Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl trailer from Gorilla Poet Productions on Vimeo.
Gerizim and Ebal
Lane has moved on to discuss Venema’s treatment of 1 Corinthians 11 in chapter 6. Before I follow him there, I wanted to say at least a couple of things about Venema’s introduction of “New Testament evidence” in his chapter 5, and respond briefly to his argument from John 6. First, it bears repeating that …
Ancestors and the Future
GRACE & PEACE “At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled …
Their Frenzies and Crusades
One area of secular blindness (one of many) is their inability to see how religious they are being. Having defined religion quite narrowly as church buildings and altars, they are utterly incapable of seeing the all-pervasive and quite religious nature of their frenzies and crusades. The problem with invisible religions like this is that one …