Category Archives: Heroes

Praying, By Faith Alone, in Christ Alone, for Reformation

Dependence on the grace of God is not a one and done kind of thing. On this, the anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, let us celebrate the grace of God in the life of Luther, in redeeming him … Continue reading

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Strange Bedfellows: Understanding My Enemy’s Enemy

All is not actually fair in love and war. And the enemy of my enemy is likely not to be a trustworthy ally. Some years ago I had the occasion to speak to a group of pro-lifers on ministering outside … Continue reading

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Days of Whine and Roses: Hustling Downward

With the recent passing of Pete Rose we are once again debating the merits of whether he should be in the baseball Hall of Fame. He was, by all accounts, one of the greatest to ever play the game. He … Continue reading

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American Idols: And We Fools Who Worship Them

God made us in His image. That we could spend our lives contemplating this, without scratching the surface, reminds us that we are God’s image, not gods. We are, in some ways, to God as our mirror image is to … Continue reading

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Blessed to preach Jesus at the Gates of Hell

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My Brother, My Father

It was 85 years ago today that a woman I never met gave birth to a boy I’ve never not known. The day I met that boy, who by then had become a man, the woman who had given birth … Continue reading

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For Whom the Toll Belz

I was a student at Grove City College when I received a subscription to The Presbyterian Journal. It was not good looking. It had no articles apt to grab the interest of most college students. It wasn’t an academic publication. … Continue reading

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An Ordinary Christian Life

It has become rather fashionable in certain circles to decry the rise in the church of what we call “the cult of personality”—and rightly so. A broader body consumed with consuming theological and biblical teaching via sundry media outlets is … Continue reading

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Dream a Little Dream

It is a great thing to dream great dreams. A small vision of God and His kingdom will birth a small vision of the future. Jesus, who has already overcome the world, promised His followers that they would do greater … Continue reading

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When Pigs Fly

We Protestants tend to have something of a love/hate relationship with Thomas Aquinas. On the one hand, as Protestants, at least we who are Reformed, we value theological brilliance. We admire deeply the mind of Thomas, perhaps even dreaming that … Continue reading

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