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Gossip and the Supper
Several Sunday’s ago our church heard the annual gossip sermon. This is the sermon where the preacher outlined in detail the sins of each particular family as they had been related to the elders during the course of the year, … Continue reading
Tagged Church, Jesus Christ, Language, Sacraments, Sin, The Lords Supper
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Treating the Scripture as a Person
Imagine the following scenario: Your husband or wife calls you and tells you that they need to talk to you about something important when you get home. When you arrive, they usher you into the living room. “I’ve been thinking,” … Continue reading
Tagged Faith, Holy Scripture, Jehovah, Language, Postmodernism, Scripture
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A Poem Bridging March Madness and Easter
When The Citadel beat Notre Dame there were accusations of bribery. At half-time Mike Brey had asked a ref why they had called no fouls. He simply said, “Because there were none.” “And how do you explain the scratch marks … Continue reading
Tagged Basketball, Entertainment, Humor, Language, Poetry, Sports
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The Mundane Deception
If you listen to commercials or read print ads, you’ve probably run into the word “mundane” a few hundred times or more. You may have even used it from time to time in everyday conversations. And why shouldn’t you? It’s … Continue reading
A World Without Hypothetical Situations
I don’t have time to give this the treatment it deserves, but for those of us who hold to the Reformed position, this deserves some serious thought. Perhaps you’ve heard the old bon mot, imagine a world without hypothetical situations. … Continue reading
Al Mohler, Ann Coulter, John Edwards, and the word “faggot”
Apparently Ann Coulter recently called John Edwards a faggot and Al Mohler has written a piece distancing himself from her actions. And while I agree with Mohler in general, here’s where I start to lose the thread of his argument: … Continue reading
Tagged Faith, God, Language, Obedience, Pop Culture, Postmodernism, Responsibility, Theology
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The First Type of Evangelism, part III
In the part one of this ongoing series, we talked about the Shema Yisrael and its connection to what Jesus Christ calls the first and greatest commandment. In part two, we discussed evangelism in general and the dangers of over-simplifying … Continue reading
This is a love story: a very short (and possibly unfinished) work of fiction
Author’s Note: This is not a new piece. I wrote it a few years ago, and while I’m still not totally happy with it, for some reason, I like it very much. So, occasionally, I get it out, reread it … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Despair, Fiction, Language, Life in general, Love, Poetry, The Unlived Life, Uncategorized, Virtue, Writing
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God, Grammar, and the Precision of Scripture
I don’t have time to go into it in depth right now, but the following passages should be read and their implications considered anytime we wonder about the precision of Scripture and how seriously and literally that we should take … Continue reading
Taking Issue with C. S. Lewis
I’m treading on dangerous ground here, but I think C. S. Lewis has something wrong. In The Weight of Glory we come across this passage, which also appears as an excerpt in the Wikipedia deinition of Sehnsucht. In speaking of … Continue reading
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Tagged C. S. Lewis, Death, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Inspiration, Language, Obedience, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Theology, Witnessing, Writing
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