This summer Thomas Nelson is releasing Nate’s next book, which is called Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl. To say that the first chapter reminds me of how Chesterton would have written had he taken LSD as a non-Christian in the sixties but who wrote many years later as one older, wiser, and three times as quirky, …
Easter Answer Once More
A week or so ago I blurbed The Easter Answer. A bunch of people went to that site and found an intriguing title, but no way to order the booklet. But, good news, the web site now has a purchase option here.
The Creator and Creature
Book I/Chapter 5 The revolt (section 4) 9. What is the nature of the “detestable madness” Calvin refers to? 10. How do men acknowledge they are fearfully and wonderfully made and still deny God? 11. How far does God’s workmanship extend? 12. How does Calvin deal with Epicurus? Confusion of Creator and creature (section 5) …
Personal Grace and Calling the Cops
Alright then, on postmill assumptions, knowing that there will come a time when they will not hurt nor destroy in all God’s holy mountain, when will we know to shut down all the fire departments? This is not a trick question. Actually, if you think about it, it might be a trick question. We will …
London Next Month
I will be speaking on biblical hope and the Christian family at a conference in London next month. Some details can be found here.
From the Mouths of Infants
Book I/Chapter 5 God manifested (section 1) 1. How clear is God’s self-disclosure? 2. Does Calvin make a distinction between a seed of religion sowed in men’s minds and a revelation of Himself in creation? 3. Can men look where God is not plainly visible? Divine wisdom (section 2) 4. Can anyone see God in …
Covered By Snow
Once a young man was told by his father to pick up some clutter in the side yard—there were some tools, and a few toys, and some debris from a small rock wall that they had been building for a flower bed. His father came home after dark that day (it was winter and so …
Forgiveness in the Wine
When the people of Israel sinned in the notorious golden calf incident, Moses responded by grinding their idol to powder, throwing it into the water, and making them drink it. They drank the object of their foul worship, thus becoming completely identified with it—in that case, for cursing. We also consume what we worship, partaking …
A Royal Priesthood
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we confess to You now the murderous wickedness that is …
How Pacifism Protects War
Given how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit love and esteem one another, and given how God has revealed this triune nature to the world through the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, the world has now been inaugurated into a new era of biblical glory. This glory is tied to worship, and so as the Church …