>I haven't ever posted a sermon on my blog before, but I couldn't figure out how to get this posted any other way - the old Connexion site is down and I don't have control over the new one. Anyway, the topic of homosexuality and the church/Christians is one we don't talk about often at … Continue reading >Does God Care Who Loves Whom
>The earth is billions of years old
>The current issue of Modern Reformation looks great (not sure which I get more excited about - my bimonthly Modern Reformation or my biweekly Rolling Stone). The main theme of this issue is the formation of the Christian canon and includes articles on the relationship between covenant and canon, the apocrypha, the trustworthiness of the … Continue reading >The earth is billions of years old
>song of the week
>There is a flurry of great new hymns/reworked hymns coming out from RUF, Sovereign Grace, Sojourn, and others. Here's a new favorite from Sovereign Grace:
>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
>Praise God for the Messiness of Evangelicalism
>Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." I confess I have a little mind and I love consistency. I love order, I love tidy systems of thought. Maybe that's why I'm so Reformed - true Reformed theology is consistent, sometimes too tidy. Maybe that's also why I sometimes wonder if wonder … Continue reading >Praise God for the Messiness of Evangelicalism
God Entranced 