some thoughts

(On Divine Providence.)
Have you ever heard an expression like, “Don’t spend so much! Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know!”
I was thinking the other day that, while money doesn’t grow on trees food does. We creatures need food and water to survive. Where shall we go? How can we survive? How will we keep from […]

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Book lovers: I’ve been gently but firmly chastised by Mortimer J. Adler’s helpful little essay, How to Mark a Book. The assumption that we obviously should mark them, but the issue was how, caught my attention. Couple of excerpts:
There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right […]

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Sorry everyone, my comment spam filters evidently went postal. If you’ve tried to leave a comment on this site anytime in the past week or so, it didn’t make it through; please try it again. I removed the filters.
Thank you to those of you who let me know…

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“Come, child: sit upon my lap.”
“No, father–I cannot. I am too dirty to be close, and too ashamed to approach you.”
“Come, child. I consider you clean in Christ; come, abide in me, and I will make you clean like him.”

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Today we discussed (or rather, I gave a talk on) The Doctrine of the Word of God II. The main idea of the class, (following up on our recognition of the Origin (and thus, the Authority and Inerrancy) of the Word of God from last week,) was that Scripture (as the Word of God), […]

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I spent way too long figuring out css the other night in order to add the menubar above, but think it’s much more elegant way to navigate the site–any opinions? Also, I’ve been getting so much comment spam recently that I’ve had to add some filters; if you have any trouble leaving comments, please let […]

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Came across this while reading last night, and thought it was helpful (in light of recent posts and discussions):
The assertion often heard in our day, that Christianity is not a doctrine but a life, may have a rather pious sound, and for that very reason seems to appeal to some, but is after all a […]

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Faith cannot be systematized, but truth can be. Why? Grudem suggests that the purpose is that we might understand what the whole bible teaches on any given subject (Systematic Theology). Even better, John Frame offers that:
The best way to define theology, in my view, is as the application of the whole Bible to the whole […]

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The coolest thing thing since Google!
[update: look for my entire (somewhat embarassing) library to be posted here soon!]

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Today we started with the Doctrine of the Word of God, focusing on its Origin, Authority and Inerrancy.
They all go together, really, because the words of the Bible are God’s very words–thus, they carry with them his authority. “What the Bible says, God says.” And, since God is not (nor can be) a liar, his […]

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