Collision will be released October 27, 2009. More information can be found here. And DVDs are now available for pre-order at Amazon.
Discipline as Grace
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the …
The Voice of God in the Sermon
Book 4/Chapter 1 Ministers of God (section 5) 1. How has God determined to grow us up to the maturity, compared to how He could have done it? 2. Why does God consecrate the mouths and tongues of men? 3. What do some stubborn men refuse to do? 4. How is the church built up? …
A More Timely Topic Than Some Would Like
Just a reminder to sign up for the Christ Church ministerial conference. The topic this year is sexual orthodoxy, and the dates are October 15-16, 2009. More info can be found here, or by clicking on the pic.
Wells They Did Not Dig
Rodney Stark’s book, The Victory of Reason, is a wonderful assembler of pieces. He pointed out a number of things I already knew, but had not considered the implications of before, and then added greatly to the number of such facts — and all with the same implications. For those who understand that economic liberty …
Never Trust a Theologian . . .
Yesterday at church I saw a bumper sticker on a friend’s car that summarizes a lot of things wonderfully. “Never trust a theologian who hasn’t been executed.” Of course if we understand the spirit of the thing, we would not just limit ourselves to men like Cranmer, burned at the stake, but could also include …
Calvin and the Holy Catholic Church
Book 4/Chapter 1 The holy catholic church (section 1) 1. How does Christ become ours? 2. But what do we need because of our ignorance and sloth? 3. Why sacraments? 4. What has the papacy done? 5. If God is your Father, who may you call your Mother? Church and creed (section 2) 1. What …
Ends and Odds
Some friends of ours have ventured into the world of movie making. You can check out their first offering here. David Bahnsen does a fine job dissecting the mythologies that people are trying to construct around the various financial debacles we arrange for ourselves, said people doing so in order to justify doing the same …
But Our Rationed Health Care Will Only Be This Way Until We Find the Magic Wand
HT: Hugh Hewitt
What Sort of House Shall It Be?
In Ps. 22: 3, we are told that God is holy, and that He inhabits the praises of Israel. What does that mean? We are the people of God, and when we sing, when we praise God, we are constructing a dwelling place for Him? So what kind of place should we build? How should …