“We need to guard our lives against the love of riches and worldly cares. All love for earthly goods, however, is not a sin. Their sweetness is a drop of his love and they have his goodness imprinted on them. They kindle our love for him as love tokens from our dearest friend. Loving them …
A Little Rooster of a Brother
In most instances, bringing up daughters also includes bringing up sons at more or less the same time, and this means that someone has to manage the interaction. Boys and girls discover their differences early on, and in many cases, they discover that they don’t like those differences all that much. And they say so. …
Book of the Month/March 2012
The World-Tilting GospelDan PhillipsKregel Publications, 2011 I want to start a new feature on this blog, if I can keep up the pace. I have occasionally done extended reviews of books, blogging through them, but I think I would like to start reviewing a book a month in more of a one-off, hit-and-run fashion. But …
A Little Save the Date Reminder
And I Have Left Behind the Spoiler
For various reasons, this promises to be very interesting indeed. On March 27th, it will be in 550 theaters. Glenn Beck has the first five minutes posted here. In other (clearly related) news, the province of Alberta is interested in making it illegal for home schoolers to teach their kids, during the course of their …
Lewiston Church Plant
As some of you, a few weeks ago Christ Church began a church planting endeavor in Lewiston, Idaho. If you know of anybody in that area who needs a church home, please let them know. Joe Rosales is the pastor of All Souls Church there, and I wanted to let you know some of the …
You Don’t Use the Whole Horse
“Transcendent politics can sometimes be a very dangerous politics, but is the only kind of politics for human beings” (Glenn Moots, Politics Reformed, p. xii). One of the reasons I like this quote — besides the fact that it is so gloriously true — is the fact that it collides so spectacularly with the actual …
Proverbs and Promises
God gives parents assurance in two ways. The first can be called proverbial assurance, and the second kind is grounded in the promises. Suppose husband and wife are talking about their daughter, now only eight-years-old, and mom is worried about whether or not she will “turn out.” As her husband tries to reassure her, they …
Caryatides and Their Glory
The process of bringing up daughters should be understood as a process of glorification. Just as manhood is where boyhood should be aimed, so also womanhood is where girlhood should be aimed. Before undertaking any task, it unreasonable to begin without knowledge of what the completion of the task ought to look like. Human life …
Thanks From Minneapolis
For the last few days, Nancy and I have been at the Desiring God pastors’ conference in Minneapolis, and our time here has been wonderful. We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the other speakers, and hearing them speak, and the hospitality of the saints here has been exceptional. Our particular thanks to John Piper, …