A little levity . . . The Reformed don’t recognize the Roman CatholicsThe Roman Catholics don’t recognize the LutheransThe Lutherans don’t recognize the BaptistsAnd the Baptists don’t recognize each other in Wal-Mart’s beer isle Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...
“Those who will never be fooled can never be delighted, because without self-forgetfulness there can be no delight, and this is a great and a grievous loss.” (Alan Jacobs, The Narnian, xxiii) Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...
To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most ...
Over at Scriptorium Daily, Fred Sanders offers a list of the top twelve theology books of Christian history, as used at the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University. Here are the books: Selections from the Bible: Paul’s Letters and John’s Gospel Irenaeus of Lyons, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching (circa 150) Athanasius of Alexandria, On ...
Our friend Michael Spencer (also known as the Internet Monk) is dying of cancer. Michael Buckley, a Kansas City based artist that has worked with Michael, is offering original watercolors to help generate donations for Michael and his wife Denise. You can learn more about the auction here. You can learn more about iMonk’s diagnosis ...
Daniel Neal gives us an account, based in part upon John Lightfoot’s Journal of the Proceedings of the Westminster Assembly, of the ground rules that were laid at the commencement of this Assembly for its deliberations and activities. History of the Puritans, Vol. 1 (1843 ed.), pp. 461-462: The Assembly was opened on Saturday, July ...
J.C. Ryle, “Repentance; Its Nature and Necessity,” a sermon preached on August 29, 1858: No man ever said, at the end of his days, ‘I have read my Bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul.’ William S. Plumer, “Prayer ...
W.H. McMillan, in an essay on “The Idea of Worship” found in John McNaugher, ed., The Psalms in Worship, p. 11, defines true worship thus: Worship is right conceptions of the character and works of God suitably expressed. Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. (Ps. 36.9) Joseph Symonds, The Case and Cure of the Deserted Soul, pp. 333-334: The brightest star that shines most with light of comfort derives it from the Sun of Righteousness. And therefore, that they may have a sight of ...
When most people think of an object closely associated with Scotland’s great patriot, they think of his famous sword. But his greatest treasure was in fact a sword of another kind (Eph. 6.17; Heb. 4.12). When Sir William Wallace was a boy, a Psalter was given to him, perhaps by his mother or uncle. It ...