A subject clearly related to murder is the question of war. Whenever war is not conducted in accordance with the Word of God, then it amounts to nothing more than mass murder sanctioned by the civil authority. Consequently, it is important for us to know something of what biblical war looks like. When thou goest …
Sound Doctrine (1 Tim. 1:1-11)
Introduction: As we introduce this first letter in what are called the pastoral epistles, it is important to contextualize it. Reconstructing the chronology of the New Testament, we may conclude that Paul was probably imprisoned in Rome twice. The first is found at the end of the book of Acts, after which he was released, …
Geronimo!
The next chapter, “Reflections on Auburn Theology,” is by T. David Gordon, and I would like to return a compliment in the same words he uses. My father used to quote this poem when I was a kid, and Gordon applies it to us. I, not surprisingly, think that it is more apropos when swiveled …
And the Winner Is . . .
You should recall that some time ago, I invited contributions to a federal vision haiku contest. Rather than apologize for my tardiness in announcing the winners, let me just say that we all know that time is one of the tests of a classic. First prize is 15 clams off any purchase at Canon Press, …
Advanced Stages of Endustment
I don’t have a lot to say about the next chapter of By Faith Alone, other than that I enjoyed it. It was written by C. Fitzsimmons Allison, who also wrote a very good book that I also enjoyed entitled The Cruelty of Heresy. Allison is the retired Episcopal bishop of South Carolina, and so …
Easter 2007
This is April 8, Resurrection Sunday, 2007, anno Domini, year of our Lord. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it! When a man comes back from the dead, everything in all history must eventually center on that man. When a man is executed by the most …
For This, And All Your Good Gifts . . .
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Our God and Father, Father of Jesus Christ, God of the Holy Spirit, we pray to You now in the name of Jesus, and by the strength given to us by the Holy Spirit, and amen. You are the one who raised …
The Visible Part of the Invisible Visible Church
On an earlier post, Green Baggins posted a link to his blog, marking a place where Andy Gilman had responded to something I had written on Scott Clark’s blog. Andy had responded to it on yet another blog, and then sent a copy of it over to Green Baggins, and so GB came over here …
Holy Friday 2007
In the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus, we see that God the Father in His infinite wisdom determined to have the eternal Logos take on human flesh. In this, the universal Word became a particular Word, without ceasing to be the everlasting and infinite expression of the Father’s wisdom. This, of course, was all done …
The True Church Within the Church
This must be national Green Baggins Day. I want to post just a few comments about an article posted at that blog by the Rev. Wes White. In this article, he critiqued what he thought to be my take on the visible/invisible church distinction. My position on the visible/invisible church distinction is represented thusly: “We …