“I find it fascinating that credulity about scientifically stated absurdities should thus exceed the wildest examples of religious superstition. I have often thought it would be a very good idea to bring an African witch-doctor or medicine-man to London, and let him have an intensive course of looking at television advertisements. The good man, I …
Holding Out for the Moon Walk
Scripture comes alive, before your very eyes (James 3:7).
The Book Tree
This is a fun business — Canon Press has released their very first book trailer. Take a gander.
Learning to Taste the Gravel Early
The problem of dishonesty in work and labor is a difficult one to address because it is often the case that the first one “lied to” is the liar himself. He is dishonest in his work and labor, and in order to do this most effectively, he must be dishonest first with himself. Remember that …
The Problem is in the Other Guy
The word impenitent refers to a sinner who has the bit in his teeth. The word (amentanoetos) occurs once (Rom. 2:5), and refers to a heart that is both hard and impenient, as seen best in someone who condemns in others what he himself does. In this context, this is a high form of impenitence …
But the Westminster Confession Is Not a Rubik’s Cube
“Well, brethren, to sum up a great many things in one, faith is to us a great enlargement of our souls. Men who are morbidly anxious to possess a self-consistent creed, — a creed which they can put together, and form into a square, like a Chinese puzzle, — are very apt to narrow their …
Indeed, Why Not?
“In honesty, however, I must warn in advance any who may embark upon exploring it, that books about the media almost all have one, on the face of it, surprising feature in common—although their subject is communication, they display a singular incapacity to communicate themselves. Perhaps on consideration this is not so surprising as it …
Hold Your Pride Under
I said earlier that in your troubles with Jon, you needed to seek out someone who could help you, humble yourself and ask for that help. There is one other point that needs to made about this. If the answer to your problem were obvious to you, then Jon wouldn’t be an out of control …
Neglect
The verb ameleo means to neglect, and it is used in various ways in the New Testament. Those foolish individuals who were invited to the wedding of the prince in Christ’s parable made light of it (Matt. 22:5). Timothy is commanded by Paul not to neglect the gift that was in him (1 Tim. 4:14). …
Evil as Slave
“Sin and death are, like the Gibeonites, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Divine purposes; and, though they know it not, when the Lord’s enemies rave and rage most, they fulfil His eternal purposes to the praise of the glory of His wisdom and grace” (Charles Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry, p. 17).