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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 51 We must pray without ceasing. One of the dangers of honoring the Reformation is that we can end up dishonoring the very principles that gave rise to it. If, for instance, we were to carry around bits of … Continue reading

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Will COVID mean a seismic cultural shift?

One of the benefits that comes from age is learning from experience. One thing I’ve learned over the years is I don’t know as much as I think. Another thing I’ve learned is that there is often a deep disconnect … Continue reading

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Lisa & I- Sacred Marriage Under Fire; Esther

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Grateful in the Kingdom

There is, in a rather small subsection of the Reformed world, a rather curious conviction. Some otherwise sound folks take the true and sound notion that because God knows those whom He has not chosen, because it is a great … Continue reading

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Looking for Life in the Temple of Consumption

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, “Black Friday is proof that Thanksgiving didn’t stick.” I understand the importance of proper qualifications. One should not hear in that pithy phrase a condemnation either of getting a good deal, … Continue reading

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How do I give thanks in these times?

I will not dispute that these are not the best of times. We seem likely soon to have a political leader that has more in common with King Herod than King David. We are, in turn, discovering that the COVID … Continue reading

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 49- We must remember that we have been bought with a price, that we are not our own. There has been a great deal of talk lately about freedoms won and freedoms lost. On the one hand we have … Continue reading

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Under what conditions is revolution just?

A far better place than a blog to read up on this issue would be to pick up Samuel Rutherford’s classic work, Lex Rex. I am currently hard at work writing a children’s American history text and am right now … Continue reading

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A Matter of Life and Death

We live in strange times. It used to be said that the only two things we could be certain of were death and taxes. Taxes you can still be pretty sure of, but death has recently become rather more cloudy. … Continue reading

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Mighty Tenderness

There is a rather radical gap between the two things that hold my attention most Sunday afternoons in the Fall. On the one hand my eyes are glued to the television as I watch the Pittsburgh Steelers go to battle. … Continue reading

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