The book of Genesis is the book of our beginnings, but they are not simplistic beginnings. Rather, God has given us a layered and textured account what He did when He first created us, male and female, and this is an account that never fails to astonish us when we go back to learn from …
When Crushed Bones Rejoice
INTRODUCTION:If forgiveness of sin is one of the glories of the new covenant, and it is (Heb. 8: 8-12; cf. Heb. 10: 17), then this psalm is one of the glories of the entire Bible. In this psalm, we learn the greatness of forgiveness, and in the course of learning this, we learn the true …
Book of the Seventh Seal
Liber I The revelation of the risen Christ—and realms on earth begin to shake— Is shown to faithful servants now, how soon the wrath must now descend. God joined His words to John the seer, and judgment, with angelic voice Can testify these truths in words, that triumph now reveals the Son. So bless the …
Song of Shulamith
And hear the song of Shulamith, A song which sings of strong desire, The song of all songs, which is Solomon’s. And Shulamith sings: O let him kiss me—passionately now With all the kisses his mouth contains, For his lovemaking is tender and deep, Better than wine for the yearning taste. Your …
True Balance
“When men finally pick up the mantle of full responsiblity in ministry, they will then discover what a tremendous help their women are — but not until then” (Why Ministers Must Be Men, p. 60).
What the Cool Kids Are Watching
We have really enjoyed working on the CanonWIRED video clips, and we have received some good feedback from you all about it. For those of you who just recently got here (and that includes a number of you, I think), we thought it would be good to post a list of the top ten most …
Knocked Down and Picked Up by the Same Thing
“This means that a minister must not be the kind of person who apologizes for breathing. Every man called to the ministry shares Paul’s sentiment on the one hand — who is sufficient for these things (2 Cor. 2:16)? On the other hand, he must be the kind of man who tells these sentiments of …
As Sort of a Globo-Joke
The attendance of Constantine at the Council of Nicea was striking, but more striking than that was the existence of such a subversive council in the first place, and with an emperor’s knowledge and blessing. More about that in a moment. It is often said that in his conversion Constantine was only seeking a unifying …
Warm, Friendly, and Distant
One of the optical illusions created by the decision to home school or to have your children in a private Christian school is a significant one. It is this. The temptation is to think that in the home school, success or failure is fundamentally a parental matter while in the private school, success or failure …
Three Reasons Why There Has Been An FV Controversy
A young Reformed believer heading off to college should be able to learn the five solas of the Reformation — yea, even the six ordinary days of creation. But this requires further development. Over the last number of years, since the eruption of the FV controversy, we have of course been involved in the public …