Tag Archive

anxiety

• A Glorious Crutch

apologetics

• The Apologetic Value of Excelling in Your Field
• An Undesirable God?

articles

• A Personal Mission Statement

barth

• Know Jesus, Know God. No Jesus, No God

bavinck

• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)
• Why Did God Allow Sin to Exist?
• Whence came sin?
• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)

bible

• Matthew 2:15 - Out of Egypt I called my son
• James 1:2-4 - Growing By Life's Tests
• James 1:12-15 - Trial's, Temptations, life and death
• James 5:13-20 - Persevering in Prayer

bible-studies

• The Bible on the Treatment of Immigrants
• He Is Exalted!
• Hope against Hope - Part 1 - The God of hope
• Hope against Hope – Part 2 – What if it doesn’t happen?
• Hope against Hope – Part 3 – When Hope Seems to Fail
• Choosing a Bible Translation
• Understanding the Historical Context of Scripture
• Applying the Bible – Part 1: What is application?
• Applying the Bible – Part 2: How to apply the Bible
• How sin entered the world…
• Lord's Prayer (Children's Lesson)
• Who am I? … I will be with you…
• Going Deeper in Bible Study
• You are the "rich in this world"
• Was Jesus born in a barn? Probably not...
• Casting Your Cares on Him - 1 Peter 5:6-7
• The Way of the Righteous - Psalm 1
• John 3:16-21 - They Loved the Darkness More than the Light
• Losing your life for Christ - John 12:23-26
• My Help Comes From the Lord! ~ Psalm 121
• Romans 5:12-21 - Death in Adam, Life in Christ
• Romans 6 - Be What You Are
• 1 Kings 19:9-13 - So We Do Not Lose Heart
• Paul and His Letters - Part I - Life and Mission
• Paul and His Letters - Part II - The Gospel according to Paul
• Paul and His Letters - Key Themes - Union with Christ/Suffering
• Paul and His Letters - Part IV - Holy Spirit
• Love in John 21
• Genesis 3 - Sin and Evil
• Romans 7:14-25 (Who am "I")
• Redemption In Christ
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 1
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 2 – Genesis 1 and God
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 3 – Genesis 1 and God’s Possessions
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 4 – Genesis 1 and God’s Faithfulness
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 5 – Genesis 1 and You
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 6 – Genesis 1 and Your Faith
• Revelation 19:1-10 (Small Group session)
• Persecuted and Suffering Church (Small Group session handout)
• Prayer and Community (Small Group session)
• Ruth (Small Group session)
• The Gospel (Small Group session)
• Revelation 6 - Musing on the Seals
• Colossians 1:3-8
• Colossians 2:8-15
• 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10
• John 1:1-18 - Prologue
• John 1:19-51 - Disciples
• John 2:13:25 - Wedding at Cana
• John 2:13-25 - The Temple
• John 3:1-15 - A Rabbi
• John 3:16-36 - God So Loved
• John 4 - The Word at the well
• John 5 - The Sabbath
• John 6:1-35 - Passover (Part 1)
• John 6:36-71 - Passover (Part 2)
• John 7 - Tabernacles
• John 8 - Light of the World
• John 9 - The Blind Man
• John 10-11
• Hosea - 1:1-3:5
• Hosea - 4:1-5:7
• Luke 1:5-25
• Matthew 6:19-24
• Galatians - Introduction
• Galatians 1:1-5
• Galatians 1:6-2:10
• Galatians 2:11-14
• Galatians 2:15-21 (Part 1)
• Galatians 2:15-21 (Part 2)
• Galatians 2:15-21 (Part 3)
• Galatians 2:15-21 (Part 4)
• Galatians 3:1-5
• Galatians 3:15-20
• Galatians 3:21-4:7
• Galatians 3:6-14
• Galatians 4:13-31
• Galatians 5:1-25
• Galatians 6:1-18
• Isaiah Introduction
• Isaiah 1:2-9
• Isaiah 1:10-20
• Genesis 41-42
• Psalm 33
• Mark 3
• Mark 4
• Mark 6
• Mark 8
• Mark 10 (2nd half)
• Mark 13

biblical-studies

• Paul and the Resurrection of Israel

books

• 30-Second Book Reviews
• The 16 (or 22) most influential books in my life
• Were Jesus and the Early Christians Mostly Poor?
• Going Deeper in Bible Study
• My favorite books of 2012
• Was Jesus born in a barn? Probably not...
• Why Live Simply?
• An Undesirable God?
• John Calvin on the American Revolution
• Watergate and the Resurrection of Christ
• Alistair Begg: Pathway to Freedom
• Arthur Hunt: The Vanishing Word
• Randall Balmer: Thy Kingdom Come
• Walter Kaiser: The Messiah in the Old Testament
• Len Deighton: Blood, Tears and Folly
• Frank Senn: Protestant Spiritual Traditions
• Paul Marshall: Heaven Is Not My Home
• Colson and Fickett: The Good Life
• E. Benjamin Skinner: A Crime So Monstrous
• Political Visions and Illusions – Why we’re all liberals (but shouldn’t be)
• Got Margin?
• Why Did God Allow Sin to Exist?
• Whence came sin?
• Introduction and Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapters 3 and 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Non-Review of Don Quixote
• Reflections on Middlemarch
• Some Thoughts on Pilgrim's Progress
• Notes on Kaiser's Messiah in the Old Testament
• Paul and the Resurrection of Israel

c-s-lewis

• The Apologetic Value of Excelling in Your Field
• The Challenge of C.S. Lewis
• Lewis, Mere Christianity

calvin

• John Calvin on the American Revolution
• Prayer as the necessary context for theology
• Know Jesus, Know God. No Jesus, No God

character

• ABCs of Character

children

• Lord's Prayer (Children's Lesson)

christmas

• And They Called His Name Jesus
• A Child is Born
• Was Jesus born in a barn? Probably not...
• Come Behold Him
• Peace and Joy in Hand
• Christ this Christmas

church

• Life is Mostly Edges

classics

• Non-Review of Don Quixote
• Reflections on Middlemarch
• Some Thoughts on Pilgrim's Progress

conservatives

• Liberals and Conservatives

covid

• Pandemic

creation

• The purpose of all creation to lead us to communion with the Creator

d-a-carson

• Introduction and Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapters 3 and 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10

debates

• Eternal Sonship (Adam Clarke Refuted)
• A Response to a Friend
• Love in John 21
• Romans 7:14-25 (Who am "I")
• Revelation 6 - Musing on the Seals

deism

• God is not distant

devotionals

• He Is Exalted!
• Hope against Hope - Part 1 - The God of hope
• Hope against Hope – Part 2 – What if it doesn’t happen?
• Hope against Hope – Part 3 – When Hope Seems to Fail
• Who am I? … I will be with you…
• Our Great High Priest
• There is a higher throne
• Living For Tomorrow (The Economics of Christian Belief)
• How Deep The Father's Love For Us
• Casting Your Cares on Him - 1 Peter 5:6-7
• The Way of the Righteous - Psalm 1
• John 3:16-21 - They Loved the Darkness More than the Light
• Losing your life for Christ - John 12:23-26
• My Help Comes From the Lord! ~ Psalm 121
• 1 Kings 19:9-13 - So We Do Not Lose Heart
• Genesis 3 - Sin and Evil
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 2 – Genesis 1 and God
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 3 – Genesis 1 and God’s Possessions
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 4 – Genesis 1 and God’s Faithfulness
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 5 – Genesis 1 and You
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 6 – Genesis 1 and Your Faith
• Praying Philippians 4
• Colossians 2:8-15
• 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10

doctrine

• How sin entered the world…
• Eternal Sonship (Adam Clarke Refuted)
• A Response to a Friend
• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)
• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)

easter

• This Morning Everything Has Changed
• Blessed in Him Alone
• Upon the Hill
• This is Life
• The Stone and the Cup

economics

• You are the "rich in this world"
• The Oppressors of Wokeism

enlightenment

• Rationalism and Revolution

eschatology

• Hypothetical Debate on the Olivet Discourse

eternity

• Those who never heard the gospel
• Thoughts on the Love of God

faith

• A Glorious Crutch

family

• Pandemic

foreknowledge

• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)
• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)

french-revolution

• Rationalism and Revolution

funny

• Life is Mostly Edges

genealogies

• Genealogies in the Bible
• More on Genealogies - “A whole bunch of dead folks…”

generosity

• You are the "rich in this world"
• Why Live Simply?
• Living For Tomorrow (The Economics of Christian Belief)

glory-of-god

• The purpose of all creation to lead us to communion with the Creator

goals

• A Personal Mission Statement

gospel

• 9.5 Theses in Honor of Reformation Day
• What is the Gospel?
• Meaning of Euangelion in 1st-Century Palestine

gpt

• Hypothetical Debate on the Olivet Discourse

heresy

• The Attitude of Heresy

hermeneutics

• Notes on Kaiser's Messiah in the Old Testament

highlights

• Notes on Kaiser's Messiah in the Old Testament

hilary

• Hilary on the Foolishness of Unbelief

history

• Were Jesus and the Early Christians Mostly Poor?

hope-against-hope

• Hope against Hope - Part 1 - The God of hope
• Hope against Hope – Part 2 – What if it doesn’t happen?
• Hope against Hope – Part 3 – When Hope Seems to Fail
• How Deep The Father's Love For Us

hume

• Hume's Denial of cause and effect

idolatry

• Origins of Human Religion

jesus-prayer

• Prayer as the necessary context for theology

justification

• Reflections on Justification

liberals

• Liberals and Conservatives

love

• Forty Verses (birthday poem)
• Love in John 21
• Why God exists as Three Persons Rather than One Person

luther

• Know Jesus, Know God. No Jesus, No God

marriage

• Life is Mostly Edges

memories

• Some Random Memory of a High School Crush

messiah

• Notes on Kaiser's Messiah in the Old Testament

missions

• Those who never heard the gospel
• Thoughts on the Love of God

mystery

• The Attitude of Heresy

natural-theology

• Origins of Human Religion
• Know Jesus, Know God. No Jesus, No God
• The purpose of all creation to lead us to communion with the Creator

new-testament

• Our Great High Priest
• Living For Tomorrow (The Economics of Christian Belief)
• How Deep The Father's Love For Us
• Paul and the Resurrection of Israel

npp

• NPP Misappropriating 2nd Temple Judaism in NT

old-testament

• The Bible on the Treatment of Immigrants
• Genealogies in the Bible
• More on Genealogies - “A whole bunch of dead folks…”
• There is a higher throne
• The Way of the Righteous - Psalm 1
• My Help Comes From the Lord! ~ Psalm 121
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 1
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 2 – Genesis 1 and God
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 3 – Genesis 1 and God’s Possessions
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 4 – Genesis 1 and God’s Faithfulness
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 5 – Genesis 1 and You
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 6 – Genesis 1 and Your Faith

olivet-discourse

• Hypothetical Debate on the Olivet Discourse

one-and-many

• The problem of the one and many

open-theism

• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)
• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)

personal

• A Child is Born
• Forty Verses (birthday poem)

personhood

• Why God exists as Three Persons Rather than One Person

philosophy

• Hume's Denial of cause and effect
• The witness of an intelligible universe
• God has tied knowledge of himself to a chosen community of faith
• The Attitude of Heresy
• The problem of the one and many

poetry

• My Light
• The Meaning of Life
• The Backslider
• Addicted to Love
• Boredom
• Beauty
• Remember
• Robert Browning
• Sailor
• The Bright Day
• And They Called His Name Jesus
• Name above all Names
• Psalm 1
• Psalm 143
• Psalm 23
• The Sermon on the Mount
• Silence
• Stress
• Today
• Rich Man
• Thanks from a Whole Heart
• A Child is Born
• The Conqueror of My Soul
• Psalm 38
• This Morning Everything Has Changed
• Blessed in Him Alone
• Upon the Hill
• A Modern Cosmogony
• Psalm 111
• This is Life
• Where is Wisdom Found
• Come Behold Him
• Forty Verses (birthday poem)
• Peace and Joy in Hand
• The Stone and the Cup
• A Glorious Crutch
• Psalm 33
• Christ this Christmas
• Psalm 2
• Psalm 3
• Psalm 4
• Mother's Day
• Mansfield Park

politics

• The Bible on the Treatment of Immigrants
• You are the "rich in this world"
• John Calvin on the American Revolution
• The Oppressors of Wokeism
• Watergate and the Resurrection of Christ
• Political Visions and Illusions – Why we’re all liberals (but shouldn’t be)
• Liberals and Conservatives

prayer

• Lord's Prayer (Children's Lesson)
• Praying Philippians 4
• Introduction and Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapters 3 and 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10

predestination

• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)
• Bavinck vs. the Pelagians (or, Foreknowledge = Predestination)

prophecy

• Notes on Kaiser's Messiah in the Old Testament

psalms

• Psalm 1
• Psalm 143
• Psalm 23
• Thanks from a Whole Heart
• Anti-Psalm 50
• Psalm 38
• Psalm 33
• Psalm 2
• Psalm 3
• Psalm 4
• The Way of the Righteous - Psalm 1
• My Help Comes From the Lord! ~ Psalm 121

quotes

• Peeling Potatoes to the Glory of God
• Why Did God Allow Sin to Exist?
• Whence came sin?

random

• Some Random Memory of a High School Crush

rationalism

• Rationalism and Revolution

reflecting-on-the-bible

• You are the "rich in this world"
• Our Great High Priest
• There is a higher throne
• Living For Tomorrow (The Economics of Christian Belief)
• How Deep The Father's Love For Us
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 1
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 2 – Genesis 1 and God
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 3 – Genesis 1 and God’s Possessions
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 4 – Genesis 1 and God’s Faithfulness
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 5 – Genesis 1 and You
• Reflecting on the Bible – Part 6 – Genesis 1 and Your Faith
• Praying Philippians 4
• Revelation 6 - Musing on the Seals
• Colossians 1:3-8
• Why Did God Allow Sin to Exist?

reformation

• 9.5 Theses in Honor of Reformation Day

revelation

• God has tied knowledge of himself to a chosen community of faith

revolution

• Rationalism and Revolution

science

• Hume's Denial of cause and effect

secularism

• The Conqueror of My Soul
• A Modern Cosmogony
• Where is Wisdom Found

sermon-notes

• James 1:2-4 - Growing By Life's Tests
• James 1:12-15 - Trial's, Temptations, life and death

sermons

• More on Genealogies - “A whole bunch of dead folks…”

sin

• How sin entered the world…
• Why Did God Allow Sin to Exist?
• Whence came sin?

slavery

• E. Benjamin Skinner: A Crime So Monstrous

songs

• Come Behold Him
• Peace and Joy in Hand
• Christ this Christmas

studies

• Matthew 2:15 - Out of Egypt I called my son
• James 1:2-4 - Growing By Life's Tests
• James 1:12-15 - Trial's, Temptations, life and death
• James 5:13-20 - Persevering in Prayer

thomas-reid

• Hume's Denial of cause and effect

trinity

• Eternal Sonship (Adam Clarke Refuted)
• Why God exists as Three Persons Rather than One Person
• Trinity in the OT
• The problem of the one and many

unbelief-as-foolishness

• Hilary on the Foolishness of Unbelief
• Hume's Denial of cause and effect
• The witness of an intelligible universe

unreached-peoples

• Those who never heard the gospel
• Thoughts on the Love of God

wisdom

• Where is Wisdom Found

wokeism

• The Oppressors of Wokeism

work

• The Apologetic Value of Excelling in Your Field
• Peeling Potatoes to the Glory of God

worldview

• The witness of an intelligible universe

writing

• Some Random Memory of a High School Crush
• A Personal Mission Statement