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Triune Botherations

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Introduction I feel like the guy right before Pickett's charge who thought he could make peace by walking between the armies in a gray coat and blue trousers. So wish me luck everybody. As many of you know, a controversy with two layers erupted within the last month, having … [Read more...]

With His Whole Weight

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"The text is or should be, the keynote to the whole sermon. The more bold, the more undoubted and undisputed, its tone, the better . . . Nothing remains then, but for the preacher to go out upon it, with his whole weight; to unfold and apply its evident undoubted meaning, with … [Read more...]

Jed and Sophie

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One of the things we know about God from Scripture is that He is the consummate matchmaker. He created the very idea of matches in the Garden when He established marriage. He gave life to Adam, and then gave a wife to Adam. He made the whole enterprise possible, in other … [Read more...]

Eighth Decade of Psalms: Psalm 74

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Introduction: We have emphasized before that the psalter is not just a collection of songs, but it is also a model for prayer. We do not ever want to get our prayers to the point where they are “holier” than the prayers offered up in the Bible. And we should not forget to … [Read more...]

Love and Liberty

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The theme we have been developing is that self-government is the ground of all other government. Men and women who cannot govern themselves will in fact be governed by others. The less government they have at home, in the heart, the more government from the outside will … [Read more...]

Perfect Fellowship

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In order for this to be a meal of true fellowship, it must be a meal of perfect fellowship. God is the God of all perfections, and He cannot look upon evil. He cannot fellowship with sin, or countenance iniquity. How then is possible for us to be here? We are fallen, sinful, … [Read more...]

Eighth Decade of Psalms: Psalm 73

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Introduction: Asaph was an important singer in Israel, and this is the second psalm composed by him. In addition, it is the first of eleven in a row by him. We do not have any details of his biography, as we do with David, but we (possibly) learn a great deal about his personal … [Read more...]