Introduction
: We live in a world where rough things happen. Despite all our advances in technology, everyone reading this will still at some point die. We still get sick. We still have financial ...
Trusting God in a Hard Providence
Dealing With Anxiety
Introduction: In times like ours, there is a lot to worry about, is there not? Back during the COVID times, if we were not worried about the coronavirus killing us dead, we were worried about panicked ...
Dealing With Discouragement
Introduction: Although the occasions can be many, there are two basic reasons for discouragement—internal and external. The internal occurs when for some reason we have given way to sinful ...
I’ll See You Anon
Some Guidelines for Online Anons, And Some Advice for Dealing with the More Angular Anons: Introduction: We live in a tumultuous time, a time in which we have recently seen specific anonymous ...
Let the Healing Begin . . .
Bryan Chapell, the Stated Clerk of the PCA, recently had a moment that was a really weird variation on the hot mic problem. He was being interviewed by Collin Hansen for a podcast, and he was talking about “scandalizers” in the church—men whose reason for living was apparently to attack and disparage others.. He said …
The Choices of James Lindsay
Introduction: In a recent post, I mentioned the atheism of James Lindsay, and was subsequently informed by a reader that Lindsay had recently rejected his former atheism, and now considers himself ...
Empathy in the High Places
Casting down imaginations . . . (2 Cor. 10:5) The high places of old that kings in Judah were reluctant to tear down, even the good kings, were places that presented themselves well. The groves were stately, the trees well-spaced, the shrines impressive, the walkways manicured. There was a sense of the numinous and holy, …
My Dear Globguttle
I have not written much in the line of “inverse” advice, but I was asked to address the Logos secondary in a “Screwtape” vein, and so here is my effort, such as it is. My dear Globguttle, Your letter reveals a confused state of mind, but I acknowledge that the confusion is perhaps understandable. You …
Duties of Remembrance
Introduction
: We need to consider a passage which is familiar for many reasons. The Lord Jesus quotes it when He tells us what the greatest commandment in all Scripture is (Luke 10:27). This ...
The St. Andrews Seven
Introduction: So this is a talk about the impact a small group of Scots had on the nation of India. This is, as I take it, a subset of a larger story. The Scots were, in effect, the last European ...