A Little Christmas Music?
The hymn “Joy to the World,” published by Isaac Watts in 1719, is one of my favorites. But it’s not my favorite... Read More
My Personal Take on Rap and Hip-Hop as Worship Forms
I’m finding myself somewhere between pity and embarrassment as I watch otherwise respectable middle-aged white men tripping over one another to be... Read More
Some Random Thoughts About ETS
Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to the meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, this year in Baltimore, MD. The ETS... Read More
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder?
Billy Graham just preached his final sermon (well, sort of—it was more a few sentences inside of a state-of-the-art video presentation). We’ve... Read More
Scripture or Zeitgeist as the Determining Factor in the History of American Hymnody?
A few years ago, Stanley Gundry wrote an article, “Hermeneutics or Zeitgeist as the Determining Factor in the History of Eschatologies?” (JETS... Read More
Another “Old Dead Guy” Gem
I just finished reading Samuel Miller’s book Thoughts on Public Prayer. As the title suggests, the book does not offer a cohesive... Read More
On College and Faith
A pair of articles on the question of whether to send one’s child to a secular or to a Christian college here... Read More
Wanting to Be Noticed
We live in a hyper-sexualized and semi-pornographic culture. The problem dominates popular advertising, pervades our entertainment choices, and even weasels its way... Read More
What the Delinquent Cable Provider Taught Me about the Ordinary Means of Grace
I’ve read about people who go on technology fasts—some to concentrate on more important priorities, some to relate with other cultures or... Read More
Presuppositional Apologetics in a Non-Western Setting
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of teaching the presuppositional approach to apologetics to a group of believers in Tanzania, most... Read More