One thing that has grieved, troubled, and perplexed me is the dearth of writings on Spiritual Disciplines coming out of today’s Reformed camps. I fear that often our teaching and preaching focuses on the why of prayer, fasting, and meditation to the exclusion of the how. If today’s evangelicals are returning to spiritual directors who [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Reforming Spiritual Disciplines: Excuses Not to Pray
Posted in prayer, tagged d.a. carson, prayer, reformed theology, spirituality on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski, Samson, and Seeing Jesus in All Things
Posted in 16125021, and Movies, Art, Culture, tagged apophatic, Gran Torino, kataphatic, theology, walt kowalski on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Spoiler Alert! You may want to watch Gran Torino before you read this post. When I saw that Clint Eastwood had put out a new movie, I quickly began trying to convince Shelly that this would be a great movie to go to on a date! Normally, when I try to do this [...]
First Things… Loving Jesus in Your Family
Posted in Arthur Pink, Family Life, parenting, Uncategorized, youth and families, tagged A.W. Pink, Arthur Pink, Family Life, piety, reformed theology on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is from A.W. Pink. True discipleship is, again, much more than an outward appearance. If you want to know how sanctified you are, start asking your wife/husband/kids some hard questions (i.e. Do you see the love of Jesus in how I love this family? Where do I have room to grow? Do I act [...]
We Don’t Need No Education…
Posted in just for fun, tagged bbc, education, post-modernism on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When asked why he hadn’t written a commentary on John’s Revelation, John Calvin replied “I cannot comment on that which I do not understand.” When it comes to these ‘educational’ games from bbc, I must agree with the great reformer, I cannot comment on what I do not understand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/game/
What to read? Two Guides for Reading the Right Books
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I once heard a wise and successful pastor say that how much you read is not as important as what you are reading. In other words, you can read a lot of books that aren’t worth reading! A lot of times we do this either because we don’t have anyone to guide us, or, much [...]
Being Pro-Life Under a Pro-Choice President
Posted in current events, pro-life on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watching the news leading up to today’s inauguration, I have a growing sense of the integrity and competence of President Barack Obama. I am, however, disturbed by anyone in a position of influence that does not recognize the right of protection that we should afford to unborn children. How do we live in that tension? [...]
From the Bishop of SC
Posted in church, current events, tagged anglican communion, bishop of sc, episcopal church, mark lawrence on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our bishop, Mark Lawrence, is a man whom I respect and admire. He is intelligent, articulate, and, much more important, faithful. I often give thanks that God, in His sovereignty, has appointed this man to be our leader during this tempestuous season of our church. I offer to you these words of reflection from Mark [...]
