As a pastor, I desire to help for all of our church families to be passionate about teaching Jesus to their kids. Seminary professor Don Whitney has written a helpful little book called Family Worship to help guide parents as they teach their children about the Lord. There is no substitute for parents faithfully teaching their children about God…
Stagger Onward
We live liturgically, telling our sacred Story in worship and song. We fast and we feast. We marry and give our children in marriage, and though in exile, we work for the peace of the city. We welcome our newborns and bury our dead. We read the Bible, and we tell our children about the…
Three Types of Bad Preaching (And Their Remedies)
What if there was a way to identify bad preaching? Having grown up in church, I have probably listened to over 1,000 sermons in my lifetime. In all my time listening to (and now delivering) sermons, I have heard three types of bad preaching. You can read the rest of the article at Rookie Preacher.
Blogging–1.13.4–Ambiguity is the Lifeblood of Heresy
"Blogging the Institutes" is my on-going attempt to paraphrase John Calvin's work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. You can find out more about the series in the Introduction. For all the posts in this series, check out the Master List. Ambiguity is the Lifeblood of Heresy The novel use of theological terms (if you can even…
Blogging the Institutes–1.13.3–Terms Explain Divine Mysteries
"Blogging the Institutes" is my on-going attempt to paraphrase John Calvin's work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. You can find out more about the series in the Introduction. For all the posts in this series, check out the Master List. Terms Explain Divine Mysteries Heretics bark and howl over the use of the term "person." Yet…
Blogging the Institutes–1.13.2–God in Three Persons
"Blogging the Institutes" is my on-going attempt to paraphrase John Calvin's work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. You can find out more about the series in the Introduction. For all the posts in this series, check out the Master List. God in Three Persons There is another special mark by which God designates Himself in order…
Blogging the Institutes–1.13.1–God is Immense and Spirit
"Blogging the Institutes" is my on-going attempt to paraphrase John Calvin's work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. You can find out more about the series in the Introduction. For all the posts in this series, check out the Master List. God is Immense and Spirit The teaching of Scripture about the immensity and spirituality of God's…
Blogging the Institutes–1.12.3–Worship is Due to God Alone
"Blogging the Institutes" is my on-going attempt to paraphrase John Calvin's work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. You can find out more about the series in the Introduction. For all the posts in this series, check out the Master List. Worship is Due to God Alone The distinction between "service" and "worship" is useless. Paul speaks…
Blogging the Institutes–1.12.2–No Real Distinction between Service and Worship
"Blogging the Institutes" is my on-going attempt to paraphrase John Calvin's work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. You can find out more about the series in the Introduction. For all the posts in this series, check out the Master List. No Real Distinction between Service and Worship Catholics invented the distinct between dulia (service) and latria (worship) to permit worship…
Little Notes on Anger
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. - Proverbs 14:29 Great understanding of what? I think the patient person has great understanding of himself. He knows anger only hurts himself. When you harbor anger, you can begin to have it harden to hate. It can…
Raising Lazarus 