“Following this lead, Calvinists customarily distinguished typological meaning from allegory and all other figurative modes in scripture, identifying it as part of the full or entire or perfect literal sense — the symbolic dimension of the literal sense which, in the course of time, is uncovered and fulfilled” (Lewalski, Protestant Poetics, p. 120).
Deep Preachers
“I believe that many ‘deep’ preachers are simply so because they are like dry wells with nothing whatever in them, except decaying leaves, a few stones, and perhaps a dead cat or two” (Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 210).
Cool is Distant and Love Closes Distance
“Real compassion is not sexy. It is not cool. It is inefficient and painful. And it is also faith, and hope, and love. This is real church” (Paul Grant, Blessed Are the Uncool, p. 107).
Maybe I Should Make Something For It. Like A Tea Cozy.
The ladies of our two churches here in Moscow now have a craft blog going on, which can be found here, and which my daughter briefly explains over here.
Blenheim Talks Now Available
Last month we were visiting the kids in the UK and took the opportunity to have a small one day conference at Blenheim Palace. Canon Press has now packaged those talks (along with an autobiographical chat I had with some seminary students), and they are available here. In addition, please note that Canon is making …
Sins Are Like Grapes
Related to akrasia, the word akrates is used once (2 Tim. 3:3), and it means incontinent. It is found in the middle of some other bad company — “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers …
A Slander on the Oyster
“I heard one say the other day that a certain preacher had no more gifts for the ministry than an oyster, and in my own judgment this was a slander on the oyster, for that worthy bivalve shows great discretion in his openings, and knows when to close” (Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. …
Just Me and My Bible
“The danger in the American church is less that we believe the wrong beliefs than that we believe them all by ourselves” (Paul Grant, Blessed Are the Uncool, p. 91).
Vipers in Diapers?
Green Baggins is nearing the end of his chapter by chapter review of “Reformed” Is Not Enough, and thus far I think it is fair to say that he has not found anything that would place me outside the pale of Reformed orthodoxy as he defines it. He has found multiple places where he think …
Penitential Seasons
INTRODUCTION: We are nearing the conclusion of the historic season of Lent, the preparation season for the celebration of Easter. This is Palm Sunday, the day in which we mark and celebrate the Lord’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. As we are trying to orient ourselves by and with a Christian year, instead of the secularized …