Why me?
My wife asked me a question. She was wondering why my posts, and only my posts, have this nonsense heading. I’m not sure of the answer, at least not entirely. It could have something to do with my Luddite past. …
Month September 2008
Perspective for the Current Crisis
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his handand marked off the heavens with a span,enclosed the dust of the earth in a measureand weighed the mountains in scalesand the hills in a balance?Who has measured the Spirit…
Dawkins Always Disappoints
There is a very helpful post at Christian Thinker proving once again that Richard Dawkins may be a good scientist but he is a dismal philosopher. Here is Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion: If you were born in Arkansas…
Common Grace and Learning
Engaging God’s World is a wonderful book by Cornelius Plantinga. Dr. Plantinga, one of the foremost philosphers in the country is also President of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In the preface, Plantiga provides a wonderful connection between…
Uncomfortable Grace
When you get a chance read Lost in the Middle by Paul Tripp.
Lancaster County Air
I see Phil Ryken is busy posting. I have a theory as to why, and it has to do with Lancaster County air. Phil paid us a visit this past weekend, speaking at my church’s, Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA), fortieth…
Who is my neighbor?
In the parable of The Good Samaritan Jesus is offering a kind of quiet polemic against the prevailing notion of the day that your neighbor, those who were the proper objects of your charity were those who were within your…
The Gospel and Deeds of Mercy
Don Carson has a good article in the latest edition of Themelios. In many parts of the evangelical world, one hears a new debate—or, more precisely, new chapters in an old debate—regarding the precise place that “deeds of mercy” ought…
The Big and the Small of It
Several readers have asked for comment on Europe’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the atom smasher located near Geneva at CERN (the European Centre for Nuclear Research). The new facility, which started operations earlier this month (although some recent electrical problems could…
Second Best
Like Carl, I have a warm appreciation for Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. On a personal and biographical note, the book had a very important influence on my father’s theology and discipleship when he was in college and trying to sort…