When God has His people undertake a building, it is not so that He might have an empty box dedicated to Him. Under the older covenant, even the holiest place of all contained furniture—the ark of the covenant with two great cherubim overarching the mercy seat. And the placement … [Read more...]
Ten Notes on the Driscoll Dogpile
1. In what follows I want to make some observations about what has clearly become the Driscoll dogpile. But in this, I don't want to say anything that might come off as though I am privy to any back room information. I am not part of the private reconciliation or accountability … [Read more...]
Just One Sin
We come to the Table in order to be nourished. We need to be nourished and strengthened so that we might have grace in our spiritual limbs when we come to do battle. And when we come to do battle, it should be directed against sin. The author of Hebrews (Heb. 12:4) exhorts his … [Read more...]
On Not Being a Chamber Pot
The house of God is a great house, an expansive house. We refer of course to the Church of God—as the promises of God have established her, spread out through all human history. As we look in faith to our brothers and sisters, we see portions of that great house, but we see it … [Read more...]
The Testimony of Jesus
"At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore" (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #161 “Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy” (1 Cor. 14:1). The justly famous thirteenth chapter of Corinthians has firmly established … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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, … [Read more...]
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, … [Read more...]
Doug and Maggie
The greatest philosophical question that mankind has come up with on his own is this one: “Why is there something, rather than nothing at all?” And the Christian answer to this question is that the living and true God, out of His grace and good pleasure, determined to create … [Read more...]
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