Once there were two headmasters of two Christian schools who were good friends. They lived in different cities, and didn’t see one another very often, but they did make a point of catching up a couple times a year. One time they got together for lunch when their schools were competing in a regional spelling …
Really Married
Since I used my stand-by marriage analogy in the previous post, let me modify it slightly before Frank Turk says something about it. I do this because I know the illustration is not exact. Let me modify it so that it is exact. Suppose that marriage exists, just as it does today, but with this …
Then Learn from the Baptist
Let me begin my discussion of this next chapter in Piper with a caution for any defenders of Wright who think that Piper is “missing it,” or “not understanding,” or anything along those lines. This chapter is discussing issues right at the heart of the Reformed understanding of how the gospel works. Piper is arguing …
Louisiana Indictment
The indictment of Louisiana Presbytery by the Standing Judicial Commission has now been made public, although I don’t know where it is on the Net. As soon as I do, I will link to it. The portion that was emailed to me is almost as interesting as a caucus in Iowa. In it, there were …
That Princely Sum!
In this oracle, we have seen the conquests of Alexander, the great contrast with the humility of Christ, and the success of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid dynasty. We come now to the next stage of redemptive history — the apostasy of the Jews and God’s judgment against them in the time of the …
Prepare the Preacher, Not Just the Sermon
“Read also good suggestive books, and get your mind aroused by them . . . Your pulpit preparations are your first business . . . I have no belief in that ministry which ignores laborious preparation” (Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 93).
Anti-FV Espionage
Well, okay, it now looks like I need to offer a brief comment on the FV critics’ espionage network. Here’s the deal. Jim Jordan is the main dude at a ministry called Biblical Horizons. That ministry includes a private list discussion group, to which I belong. The list requirements concerning confidentiality are quite strict — …
Prayer for the Latter Rain
Recall that we are in the midst of the first great oracle in the latter portion of Zechariah. In this oracle thus far we have considered the rise of Alexander, the contrast of that evil man with Christ, and the triumph of the Maccabean resistance to Greek oppression. In this portion we see how the …
And That Means Preaching Through Leviticus
“We would give every portion of Scripture its fair share in our heart and head. Doctrine, precept, history, type, psalm, proverb, experience, warning, promise, invitation, threatening, or rebuke — we would include the whole of inspired truth within the circle of our teachings. Let us abhor all one-sidedness, all exaggeration of one truth and disparagement …
The Lord Against the Greeks
The prophet has given us a glimpse of the conquest of Alexander. In the midst of this vision, he jumps ahead so that we might see the character of another kind of conqueror, our Lord Jesus Christ. And then in this portion of Scripture, he returns to the scene established by the wars of Alexander, …