Our fathers the Jews were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They, like us, were inaugurated into the body of God’s people. And they also had spiritual food and spiritual drink in the wilderness. The drink came from the rock that accompanied them, the rock that was Christ. They had manna, …
Teaser Trailer
I been through the desert on a documentary with no name doesn’t scan as nicely as the original, but there it is. And I think it will be hard for me to explain how pleased and excited I am about how this documentary is going to look. My friend Darren Doane stayed up all night …
No Moderator, and We Both Behaved
Just a brief recap of the day — more detailed discussion will occur later. Nate is traveling on this gig with us in order to write short pieces for Christianity Today online, the first of which can be found here. And speaking of CT, it would be appropriate to extend a word of thanks to …
The Helichopper Was Fun
Sorry, this will have to be brief. We flew down to Philadelphia from New York early this afternoon — which we did in a helichopper. That was fun. Took about a hour, with a short delay caused by circling the Statue of Liberty once. We covered the ground at about 1500 feet, and once of …
Common Ground
Well, I met Christopher Hitchens today, and we got on quite well. As I have mentioned before, we have a very competent camera crew pursuing us to document all this stuff, so you can see a bunch of this for yourself later on. In this space, I will start pounding the drum for this film …
More Like Another Professional Sport
I heard a television pundit say something the other night that was very insightful. I know, remarkable, but there it is. He said, anticipating the event of an Obama election, that the ensuing political struggles would all be conducted between the two forty-yard lines. I think this is exactly right. On the one hand it …
Pinched Faces, Dehydrated Hearts, and Sticky Fingers
On Friday, a student asked me a good question at our weekly disputatio, a question concerning the Trinity in the world of giving and generosity. Does the free market, where each person is watching out for number one, undercut the work of the Trinity in our lives, as He works to make us overflow in …
Last Chapter Posted, But Don”t Forget . . .
. . . that there is still an epilogue coming next week. Click on the link or cover to get to Chad Blinks a Couple Times.
Subatomic Golden Calves
We have said many times that the structure of a covenant renewal worship service is built around the pattern set by the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Our corporate confession of sin corresponds to the guilt offering, fulfilled in the death of Jesus. Our psalm singing and listening to Scripture read, and hearing the sermon, …
Little Foxes
One of the ways we lose our grip on the truth is by allowing it to become commonplace in our minds and hearts, in our families, and in our circles. We take it for granted. The truth remains the truth, of course, but we often live in such a clichéd way that our grip on …