>This morning I started a new devotional path with the boys. Over the summer we focused on the Bible's big story (again. We did that last summer too, but got distracted by the little - and fun - stories). We're using the Heidelberg Catechism - a Reformed Catechism that is old (1563; though the language … Continue reading >Catechism
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>An Amazing Story of God’s Sovereignty
>Today I read the story of Jehoshaphat and Ahab's battle to take back Ramoth-gilead from the Syrians (2 Chron 18 and 1 Kings 22). I know I've read the story, but it was like reading it for the first time today. Here's a few things to notice:Judah and Israel had been divided for some time … Continue reading >An Amazing Story of God’s Sovereignty
>A Bone to Pick with McGrath
>I posted earlier on the encouragement I took from Alister McGrath's book Evangelicalism & the Future of Christianity. It was a good read and I'd still recommend the book. It's dated, published in 1995, but I honestly liked that. It provoked good questions/discussion, i.e. 'would McGrath be as positive today? If not, why not?'I like … Continue reading >A Bone to Pick with McGrath
>Simeon and Wesley: Example of Christian Charity
>Charles Simeon was a great evangelical preacher in the last half of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. Though a Calvinist, he displays a wonderful charity to his Arminian brother John Wesley. I first read this account of the conversation between Simeon and Wesley in John Piper's book The Roots of Endurance: Invincible … Continue reading >Simeon and Wesley: Example of Christian Charity
>How a desire for holiness and a passion for truth can lead to sin
>You're going to have to stick with me for a minute to get to the point of this post. The connections in thought are there, I promise.This morning I was reading from the Sermon on the Mount. I was struck by how non-Kantian Jesus is in his ethical teaching. Jesus doesn't just command we do … Continue reading >How a desire for holiness and a passion for truth can lead to sin
God Entranced 