Comments in ‘[]’ are mine. “Over at TGC, Michael Horton reviews N.T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began. Quite a positive review in many ways, Horton comments at one point: My impression is Wright has somewhat [ Read More … ]
We shouldn’t have to endure manipulation in the Church. You want to know one of the things I find most disheartening in this world? If I walk into a church service pretty much anywhere in [ Read More … ]
From Mark 1-3 After his baptism and temptation, Jesus makes a dramatic entry onto the scene of first century Israel. As king, he brings with him the promised kingdom of God. He announces the coming [ Read More … ]
One of the most dangerous activities that Christians regularly engage in is passively listening to large quantities of teaching and preaching. There are few other habits of “good religious folk” fraught with such potential for [ Read More … ]
Shirts and their important spiritual implications. If there’s one way to immediately know the theological leanings of a pastor it’s to simply observe what their clothes look like and make a rash, unwavering judgement. Source: [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 26 Jesus knew in advance what was going to happen to him in Jerusalem. He didn’t try to escape his fate. He embraced it. In today’s passage we look at the Passover meal. [ Read More … ]
“The scholar never fully knows in advance where his line of thought will lead him. For the Christian to undertake scholarship is to undertake a course of action that may lead him into the painful [ Read More … ]
From Matthew 22-23 Jesus tells a story of a wedding where a king has a feast prepared for his son. He has invited many guests but when he asks them to come on the day [ Read More … ]
Nearly twenty years ago, my eldest offspring was six years old. One of our bedtime routines was a brief Bible reading. One evening we found ourselves in the Garden of Eden story—Adam and Eve, a [ Read More … ]
This post is part of a brief series which gives a brief overview of the images used to describe salvation. In this post we consider the image of the Sacrificial System. Sacrifices involved the manipulation [ Read More … ]