by | Mar 1, 2013 | Church, Preaching, Theology, Worship
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the danger of neglecting Word and prayer for ministers of the Gospel as an affirmation and response to Kevin DeYoung’s insightful post about how easily we neglect the Word in and prayer in ministry. A further danger exists,...
by | Feb 28, 2013 | Church, History, Theology, Worship
As a follow-up to the article I wrote last week about whether the church calendar is a superstition, I wanted to recommend a fantastic article that Kenneth Stewart of Covenant College has written about the history of Lent in the Christian Church, with a few...
by | Feb 22, 2013 | Books, Church, Culture, History, Theology
David VanDrunen develops Two Kingdoms Theology through church history in his book Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms. I quoted earlier from VanDrunen when he identified two important themes of commonality with the world and antithesis against the world in a 2nd century...
by | Feb 21, 2013 | Church, Theology, Worship
In the wake of Ash Wednesday last week, a couple of Christians whom I respect posted warnings about Lent as an unlawful superstition in the worship of the Church (D.G. Hart and Jeremy Walker). For my part, I wrote an article explaining the meaning of Ash Wednesday and...
by | Feb 20, 2013 | Bible, Church, Preaching, Worship
Post Series on Genesis 12:1-9: The Missionary Calling of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3) The Missionary Obedience of Abraham (Genesis 12:4-6) The Missionary Witness of Abraham (Genesis 12:7-9) In Genesis 12:1-3, YHWH issued a missionary calling to Abraham. In Genesis 12:4-6,...
by | Feb 19, 2013 | Bible, Church, Preaching
Post Series on Genesis 12:1-9: The Missionary Calling of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3) The Missionary Obedience of Abraham (Genesis 12:4-6) The Missionary Witness of Abraham (Genesis 12:7-9) In Genesis 12, YHWH called Abraham to leave his father’s land (and his...