John William Robbins (1948-2008) went to be with the Lord today. He was 59. Although we were on opposite sides of a significant theological divide, I want to express my deep sympathy to his family and friends. He has crossed over another and greater divide, and now dwells with the Lord Jesus, directly partaking of …
The Dry Hole of Secular Leftism
As we continue our way through Greg Boyd’s The Myth of a Christian Nation, the internal tensions and incoherencies continue to mount. The longer he goes, the more specific he must become, and as he becomes more specific he sees contradictions where there are none, and suggests contradictory sentiments to us, even in the same …
Fifth Decade of Psalms/Psalm 42
INTRODUCTION: This next psalm is not attributed directly to David, although it is almost certainly his. The psalm is given to the chief musician, for the sons of Korah to sing. These were probably the descendants of the same Korah who rebelled against Moses in the wilderness (Num. 16). THE TEXT: “As the hart panteth …
Eating Healthy and the Feminine Ideal
Just a few quick observations about food, the created order and body image. We will have to deal with this in more detail later, but it should be mentioned in this series of posts early on — because it really is such a huge player. When a girl who is hovering on the edge of …
Two New Books
I have a couple of new books coming out before the end of 08. The first is on what it means to recover a sense of being a “high church Puritan.” The general topic is on the screaming contemporary need for a reformation in theology and liturgics. The second book is entitled Heaven Misplaced, and …
To Inundate the World
As Scripture instructs, we must be adult in our understanding. But we must also cultivate what Luke records in the books of Acts when he says that the early Christians ate their bread with gladness and simplicity of heart. We may be refreshed with both when we come to understand how much of the water …
Modest Advertising
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 149 “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain” (Prov. 25:14). The Scriptures have a lot to say about giving and the “advertisement” of giving. Jesus says not to let the right hand know …
Reverent Minds and Irreverent Conclusions
“One might have hoped that, with so gracious a creature as wine, even the most ardent religionists and secularists would have made an exception to their universal custom of missing the point of things . . . Consider first the teetotalers . . . Something underhanded has to be done to grape juice to keep …
Misleading Infaux
The word antithesis is found one time in the Greek New Testament, referring to the opposition that false information or knowledge present to the faith. Perhaps we should call this false info infaux. “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: …
Falcons and Owls
“Some men never can do much for God in the way which they would prefer, for they were never cut out for the work. Owls will never rival falcons by daylight; but, then falcons would be lost in the enterprise of hunting barns at night for rats and mice . . . Friend, be true …