The Goal of Preaching
In my occasional role as an interim pastor, I’ve been tasked more than once with creating a questionnaire for potential pastoral candidates... Read More
Ora…et Labora
Summer comes to a more-or-less official end this weekend with the celebration of Labor Day. The day is not so much about... Read More
What Should We Do with Imprecise Revelation?
A few weeks back I posted a piece on being conservative. In it I suggested that in every sphere of life there... Read More
7 Points on the Ongoing Trinitarian Flap
A few weeks ago a theological kerfuffle erupted on the blogosphere. Several Reformed Confessionalists (whom I will call Carl Trueman and Co.)... Read More
On Being Conservative
Last week the satirical news site Babylon Bee made the national news with a post distasteful to some, mocking a health-and-wealth guru... Read More
“I Do All Things for the Sake of the Gospel…”
So said Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:23. And so we must agree with him. Still, I wonder whether this verse can sustain... Read More
Did God Die on the Cross? Another Attempt
Once again the anniversary of Christ’s death is opening up the question whether it is proper to say that God died on... Read More
The End of Evangelicalism As We Know It?
Those of you who know me know that I don’t like to self-identify as an evangelical. The label has some usefulness, of... Read More
What Is Forgiveness?
In the past few months I have encountered several conflicting ideas about forgiveness in unexpected counseling situations. Nor is the confusion confined... Read More
More Neo-Kuyperian than Biblical?
Back when I was in seminary, one of my professors used to warn us seminarians to be neither “more pious than Paul”... Read More