One of the things I have noticed over the years is that an awful lot of theological assessment is made on the basis of who you are standing next to when you say something. This creates problems if you have ecumenical impulses, because you might be standing next to entirely different types of people at …
Cessationism in a Nutshell
Last night I recorded a discussion with Adrian Warnock on cessationism. It will be available this coming Saturday — Premier Christian radio site will stream live on Saturday at 9:30am ET or 2:30pm UK. As I hope the discussion will make clear, I know and understand that responsible continuationists affirm the doctrine of sola Scriptura. …
Liturgy as Contact Sport
People tend to love liturgical worship for different reasons. Some love the pageantry and patterns, while others love what it can do. Some are geometry buffs, while the others are fighters. Some are aesthetes, while the others are warriors. So in what I am about to say, let me say that I am not against …
A Romans 11 Olive Branch
I would like to thank Shane Lems for his post at The Aquila Report for his post on the FV as it relates to union with Christ. The reason for this is that he quotes from the Joint Federal Vision statement, which is very rarely done. I really appreciate it — that is what the …
Why Children Matter (II)
Nurture and Admonition in the 21st Century Introduction This is a message on “discipline basics.” Remember that we not only want to learn how to discipline our children in a biblical fashion, but that we also want to do so in a biblical context. This means that we are not using the Scriptures as a …
Tying Knots in the Light
One of the things we do routinely whenever we baptize a child is take a vow as a congregation. We vow to help these Christian parents in the covenant nurture of the child being baptized. This is generally a feel good moment because who doesn’t like to see parents committing themselves to bring up children …
What Your Hands Are Holding
We are to avail ourselves of the means of grace that God sets before us, and as we do, we are to wait on God to perform what He intends to perform. We have come to this Table having confessed our sins, having sung our gratitude to God, and having heard His Word proclaimed. We …
Effluvia
This is the outline of remarks I gave to the male students of NSA this afternoon. Here are three things I want to set out with regard to the sins of words. I am not speaking here of the broad category of sins of the tongue — gossip, slander, quarrelsomeness, and so on. My concern …
Remembering Og and Sihon
I said here that I was looking forward to Peter Leithart’s answer to some of the responses to his piece on the end of Protestantism. And you can read his response to Fred Sanders piece here. If I might, I would like to add just a few observations to the discussion, without assuming that either …
Take and Eat
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #135 “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me” (1 Cor. 11: 24). This is Paul’s recounting of how …