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...
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...
by | Oct 22, 2008 | Bible, Church, Culture, Theology, Worship
Last May, I wrote a post that suggested that in heaven all the redeemed might speak our individual languages, rather than learning some universal, heavenly language. I was thinking more about this thought this morning, and, being in the process of reading gobs of...
by | Oct 9, 2008 | Books, Church, Theology
Does anyone doubt that it is preferable for people to be drawn to worship God by teaching rather than forced by fear of punishment or by pain? But because the one type of people are better, it does not mean that the others, who are not of that type, ought to be...
by | Oct 1, 2008 | Bible, Books, Theology
Augustine took the view that the Church should advocate in the secular realm on behalf of the wicked, that governments might not punish the wicked for what they deserve. This inspired a letter from someone claiming that to do so would, in effect, give approval to the...
by | Sep 30, 2008 | Books, Theology, Worship
For a class, I am reading Karl Barth’s Dogmatics in Outline, which comprises lectures he gave on the Apostle’s Creed. Today, we discussed Barth’s chapter on “God the Creator,” and my professor drew our attention to this paragraph: We are...