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On Forcing People into the Faith (Luther)
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (476+ words) It is impossible for us to reason a person into the Christian faith. Forceful words and assertive tactics will not bring people to faith in Christ. We can try to be trendy, coy, bold, assertive, cocky, pushy, and persuasive, but…...
American Religions: Self-Made Hybrid Spiritualities
2+ week, 2+ day ago (533+ words) How would you characterize American religion? What words and concepts would you use to summarise the religious beliefs and spiritualities of random, average Americans? Those are some pretty big questions that would take many words to answer. If you want…...
A Living Sacrifice…But I Have Failed!
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (463+ words) As a Christian, I know that I should offer myself up to the Lord as a living sacrifice, body and soul, with my whole heart. But what if I fail? What if I can’t do that very well? Here’s R....
The Christian Doctrine of Creation is of Eminent Practical Value (Bavinck)
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (583+ words) This is an excellent discussion of creation and what it means for the Christian that God is the maker of heaven and earth. It’s from Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics (vol. 2): From the very first moment, true religion distinguishes itself from…...
The Cross and Love (Kuyper)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (388+ words) It’s not a secret that the greatest act of love in history happened on the cross. Out of love, Christ gave up his life to save his enemies from eternal punishment for their crimes (1 John 3:16, 4:9-10, etc.). Christians confess with Paul…...
Learning to Pray Short Prayers (with Augustine)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (269+ words) (The following post was originally published January 2022.) ”I sighed and You heard me. I wavered and You steadied me. I travelled along the broad way of the world, but You did not desert me.” “How often we slip, who can…...
Living in the Last Days: Christ is On the Throne!
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (447+ words) The opening words of Hebrews are well known and extremely important. They give us insight into how the OT points forward to Christ. These words also tell us deep truths about Christ – God’s Son, our Savior. I’ll put the opening…...
John Chrysostom, the Pauline Epistles, and Pastoral Theology
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (332+ words) I enjoyed this book by Gerald Bray: Preaching the Word with John Chrysostom. It’s a brief and readable introduction to John Chrysostom (d. 407) and his homiletic methods. If you’re a pastor or church historian, you might also enjoy this book…...
He Is Our Peace (Or: Where to Find True Peace)
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (363+ words) Christ is the Prince of Peace (Is. 9:6). He came to make peace between God and sinful people (Rom 5:1). We can find no true and lasting peace apart from Christ. He is the great Peacemaker. Speaking of Christ, who is our…...
How Many NT Letters Did Timothy Help Write?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (830+ words) (The following blog post was originally published in June 2024) Did you ever notice that Paul mentions Timothy in the opening of six NT epistles? These epistles start like this: “Paul….and Timothy….” (2 Cor. 1:1, Phil. 1:1, Col. 1:1, 1 Thes. 1:1, 2 Thes. 1:1, and Philemon 1). Interestingly,…...