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Reflections on Fatherhood From 'The Road'
After reading a passage from The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, in a sermon, someone came up to me afterwards and said, ‘I couldn’t put that...
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Time Is Finite, But So Are You
I think it was Esther Meeks who said that we don’t use time as much as time does something to us. In our age of...
Doodle: What Is Man? Dostoyevsky Answers
Chances are, reading the title of this doodle, you could complete the question: “what is man,” as Psalm 8:4 continues, “that you mindful of him,...
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Reflections on Fatherhood From 'The Road'
After reading a passage from The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, in a sermon, someone came up to me afterwards and said, ‘I couldn’t put that book down.’ But before you...
Three Propositions About Sin From 1 John
In 1 John 2:1, the apostle outlines one of the purposes behind writing his epistle. “I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.” There are,...
Does Reformed Theology Discourage Personal Holiness?
Over my summer break I reread Francis Schaeffer’s refreshing introduction to the Christian faith: True Spirituality. As a brief aside, it’s to our own detriment when we abandon these classic,...
Protestants and Popes: We Must Do Better
Late on Monday my wife and I were discussing the news that had broken on Monday morning: Pope Francis died. Naturally, you don’t need to search hard for eulogies and...
Doodle: Friedrich Nietzsche's Capitalist Manifesto
I’m no economist. Nor am I the son of economist. Neither are my father or I are socialists. I’ve read the Communist Manifesto but growing up in the 90s I’m...
Did Peter Believe Jesus Was God?
For better or worse, a few years back I signed up to Quora and on occasion their emails pique my interest; usually, however, I find myself chuckling at the strutting...
Being Convinced of God's Power Should Mean Confident Prayers
I recently published an article urging Christians to pray with an open Bible, “employing the Spirit-inspired words of God’s people and theology to breathe new life into our praises, petitions,...
C. H. Dodd and the Decline of Corporate Worship
In the course of my undergraduate studies I was introduced to the very refreshing New Testament scholar, C. H. Dodd. Since then I’ve collected and read most of his works....
