I noticed some interesting connections this morning in James 2. Believers are told not to have faith in Jesus in a way that displayed “respect of persons” (v. 1). The meaning of this is illustrated by the scenario he sets for us. If some resplendent rich guy comes into your church, a potential big tither, …
Try a Little Tenderness
As I mentioned the other day, we are now actively archiving old Credenda essays one at a time. The latest new old Husbandry article is up.
Psalm 121
This was one of my earliest forays into working with psalms. {audio}Psalm121.mp3{/audio}
Call It An Unexpected Plug
Leigh Bortins, a good friend of Canon Press materials, is the head of Classical Conversations, and has a new book out entitled The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of a Classical Education. And so it was with great interest that I saw Stanley Fish discussing her book at length in The New York Times. …
If It Comes in a Bottle . . .
When pressed with the bad behavior of atheist regimes, one of the oddest (and funniest) answers that the new atheists offer is that Stalin (say) erred by having his regime take on religious attributes. Peter Hitchens puts it this way: “And so the escape clauses come thick and fast. If atheism in practice appears at …
Telling the World that Jesus Won
The devil went down. No, the devil didn’t go down to Georgia, he just went down.
Think!
The 2010 Desiring God National conference is dedicated to the theme of Think, on the life of the mind and the love of God. The slate of speakers looks like a lot of fun, and if you go here and scroll down to the seminar speakers at the bottom, you will discover an additional fun …
But There Ain’t No Peace
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That Side of the Prime Meridian
Some dear friends are hosting a conference in a few weeks near Lyon, France. Their ministry is called Huguenot Heritage, and the embed below will tell you more about that. Any who are interested in supporting a very worthy ministry should consider helping to underwrite the costs of conference or even, if you are on …
A Moral Code Must Be Out of Reach
In Chapter 10 of The Rage Against God, Peter Hitchens nails down the loosest board on the side of atheism’s house. So to speak. Unfortunately for atheism, this does not repair the house, but rather causes the whole thing to fall down. According to Peter, the atheists “have a fundamental inability to concede that to …