Introduction: The three great themes of Exodus are the deliverance God brings to His people, the giving of the law, and the establishment of the tabernacle. There are other important themes as well, such as the recurring disobedience of the people. Remember as we work through the Bible, each book contributes to the grand theme …
See Your Neighbor in the Supper
We are here to discern the Lord’s body. We are not here to do metaphysical speculations about what might be happening to the bread and wine on the subatomic level—although we do confess that God ministers to us spiritually with these material elements. We are not here to go spelunking in the deep caverns of …
Keeping It Grateful
One of the common sins that the people of God in Scripture commit is the sin of forgetting God’s deliverances and mercies. And one of the great reasons for forgetting His mercies is the fact that we continue to enjoy them. When God delivered His people from Egypt, after they were out of Egypt they …
Imagination is More Than Lots of Adjectives
“The popular conception of imagination still is, that it assist the orator only in the way of producing high-wrought imagery, in letting off such fire-works of fancy as sophomores affect, and half-educated people admire” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 395).
The R2K Crucifix Problem
Carl Trueman recently wrote A Church for Exiles for First Things, which you may read here. If you would like, a good response from Joel McDurmon can be found here. But my response to Carl will be a tad shorter than Joel’s — just enough to register a few basic concerns. First, it is undeniable …
Challenging Simplicity
“True simplicity of style, which is at once intelligible, which has an easy movement, a natural beauty and a natural variety, requires patient thought, disciplined imagination, and thorough mastery of language” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 394).
Because It Pretends Not to be a Hypocrite
“The worst of all affectations in style is the affectation of simplicity” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 393).
Piecemeal Revelation
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #160 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, …
Like a Fist
As Iraq continues to spiral toward chaos, and is doing so in the Facebook era, the one thing we should want to avoid is directionless or aimless outrage. Anger under such circumstances is certainly appropriate and necessary, but like a fist, it needs somewhere to land. I am writing primarily about the treatment of Christians …
Not a Bank Shot
“You may make an idea plain by repeated and varied statement and illustration; a simple style makes it plain at once” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 391).