This post is based on Genesis 24v29-67 and is best understood by reading said passage first. Scripture is the most compelling, beautiful, and valuable piece of literature in the history of literature precisely because it is more than just a piece of literature. It is a book in which every word has been breathed […]
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Living by Faith in God’s Promises
This post is based on Genesis 24v1-28 and is best understood after reading said passage. Scripture has a certain unique quality to it – a strangeness rather – that has a way, or the ability to pull us into itself. We step into it, and it gets bigger. Then it beckons us take another step, and it widens. […]
The Inevitability of Death and the Christian Hope Therein Springing Forth from Genesis 23 Concerning Sarah’s Death and Burial
This post is based on Genesis 23 thus making it best understood after reading that passage. As human beings, our mortality is an inescapable reality of our existence. Death is something that surrounds us, our entire lives. Everyday thousands of people around the world are born, and thousands of people die. The indiscriminate reality of […]
Two Reasons for Congregational Singing
One of my favorite things about my church is our congregational singing. It does me good to hear and participate in worship with people who sing the gospel from their bellies. We may not have hundreds of voices but we’ve got some good ones and loud ones. The most important aspects of church music is […]
Martin Luther on the Holy Spirit
There is much confusion in today’s world on the person and the work of the Holy Spirit. Not only is there confusion but evangelicalism is inundated with clearly false teaching on the role of the Holy Spirit. The other night I was reading Martin Luther’s Smaller Catechism and was struck by the clarity in which […]