INTRODUCTION: This next psalm was one of Martin Luther’s favorites, and was the inspiration for his hymn “A Mighty Fortress.” There were plenty of times during the Reformation when everything looked pretty black, and Luther would cheerfully say to Melancthon, “Come, Philip, let us sing the forty-sixth Psalm.” We have considered the importance of dogged …
The Single File Column to Nowhere
Every politician hungry for his slice of glory likes to talk about “leadership.” Leadership is always one of the talking points, and there will always be a reference to it in the printed material. You could write one of those brochures in your sleep, right? “Experience. Integrity. Leadership.” At which point we all get out …
Sarah Palin, Candidate of Peace?
Let me begin by acknowledging that the globe is a complicated place, and that when vexing questions get insulted with answers that are too facile, then those answers should be rejected for being, um, too facile. At the same time, when certain errors (especially in economics) are almost universally embraced, the results are consistently the …
An Epithalamium for the Church
Yesterday I preached on Psalm 45, a glorious wedding poem.
Two Marks of Deliverance
The topic of Sarah Palin continues to open new vistas for discussion. I haven’t had this much fun since Al Gore started predicting the sky would fall, or whatever it is he has been predicting. Whatever it is, we’re all going to die. So let’s talk about something a bit more pleasant. All faithful Christians …
Mystic Union and Robert P.
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Babe-raham Lincoln
As one wit put it, if the Democrats wanted to burn down the Capitol building, the Republicans would counter with a proposal to do it over the course of three years. Or, to use my own illustration, the Democrats are driving us toward the cliff at 80 miles an hour. The Republicans want to go …
Africa and the North
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Quick Lies
God is the God of all truth, and so of course, we as His people should be careful to speak the truth. One area where we sometimes neglect this duty is in the area that might be called “quick lies.” They don’t even seem like lies at all unless you take them out in the …
Growing Up Into Gladness
This is a meal of gladness, and not of gloom. We see this in many different ways, but one of them can be seen in the elements that the Lord chose for us to remember Him by. “And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and …