“It is a standing rebuke for us that there are many Christians who have an open sympathy for the ‘true’ books which Eustace read–full of true facts about governments and drains and exports–and who are suspicious of great works of imagination, like the Narnia stories, or The Lord of the Rings, or Treasure Island, because …
A True Fast
In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Christ is continuing His general point that genuine Christian living is to be before the Father, and not primarily before men. The point He makes about fasting is the same point he has already made about giving and prayer. “Moreover, when you fast, do not be …
Oops
As I have looked through my notes on the Sermon on the Mount, those going with the Lord’s Prayer have somehow vanished. So the next post will pick up at verse 16.
Schindlers” List
Terri Schiavo’s parents, the Schindlers, are continuing their desperate fight to save their daughter’s life. This is a current Schindlers’ List, but there is only one name on it. As the vigil and the appeals continue, here are just a few more scattered observations. First, as Thomas Sowell observed, this whole fiasco shows exactly how …
God Gave the Increase
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 39 No one controls his own life. No businessman controls the variables that govern the success of his business. At the same time, there is a correlation between our behavior and whether we prosper or not. When we see this …
Terri Schiavo
As we speak, by order of the court, Terri Schiavo is being starved to death in Florida. But there are other victims, among them the godly use of words. When men want to obscure their lusts, or hide their greed, they always create a fog of words. Obscure, deny, lie, evade, change, slice, spin, and …
Two Idols on a Shelf
I am grateful that Andrew Sandlin recently posted reasons to be concerned about postmodern eclectism. But he also voiced reasons for cautious optimism in embracing postmodern eclecticism, and this is the nub of our difference, as I see it. Andrew’s reason for accepting this eclectism is that it “breaks the back of ideologues and sectarians.” …
The Warrior Christ
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! God of Resurrection Life, we praise You now in the name of our risen Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is indeed the resurrection and the life, and we confess that He is life itself, whether before His crucifixion or after. We …
Joy on Holy Friday
We have come to Palm Sunday, and next Lord’s Day we will be marking the event that transformed the heavens and earth, changing them into a new heaven and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. The triumphal entry into Jerusalem marks one of the greatest acts of faith in the history of our world. …
Chewing and Swallowing
It is not a coincidence that the fall of our race into sin involved food. God created Adam and Eve, and placed them in a garden full of food, and placed one tree in that garden off limits. They were not to eat of that one tree. All the other trees were open to them, …