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Alcohol and Isaiah

by | May 29, 2009 | Bible, Church, Theology, Worship

My Bible reading plan takes me through the book of Isaiah at the beginning of every summer, and one of the things that I have newly appreciated this time around is Isaiah’s versatile use of wine imagery. Isaiah uses wine in at least three major ways, as far as I...

Numbers, Nearness, and Holiness

by | May 27, 2009 | Bible, Church, Theology

Biblically speaking, humanity’s nearness to God is more complicated than we often imagine. For example, the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” would suggest that closeness to God is always a good thing, but this simply is not the case. Rather, the Bible...

Blessed Ascension Sunday!

by | May 24, 2009 | Church, Theology, Worship

Today is Ascension Sunday, and I was pleased that my church celebrated Christ’s Ascension and included a part of the Heidelberg Catechism on the subject: Question 49. Of what advantage to us is Christ’s ascension into heaven? Answer: First, that he is our...

Reagan vs. Kuyper vs. Obama

by | May 23, 2009 | Culture, History, Theology

As some of you know, I went through a long phase where I was a huge fan of Ronald Reagan. I still am, to a large degree, but I no longer actively collect biographies written about him or things like that. In fact, the more I think about Reagan’s political...

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