Gavin, Author at Truth Unites

Like a Solid Thing

Here’s another favorite passage from That Hideous Strength. A few good characters are searching for the historical Merlin, come back from the dead. One of them, Dimble, a scholar, is more aware of their danger...

January 30, 2011No Comments

Almost Anything Might Be True

I keep listening to That Hideous Strength on my ipod shuffle when I go hiking with Sophia. Its one of my favorite books. This is a great passage in which Jane’s skepticism about God and...

January 27, 2011No Comments

When its not fun, check your motives

Something I’m learning lately is that when ministry ceases to be fun, we should check our motives. Sometimes ministry isn’t fun because we live in a fallen world, or because we are facing extraordinary challenges, or...

January 25, 20111 Comment

Samuel Rutherford on suffering

The book I find most spiritually nourishing after the Bible is Samuel Rutherford’s The Loveliness of Christ, which consists of extracts from his letters. I keep the copy my parents got me when I graduated...

January 16, 20113 Comments

Barth on Anselm (2)

Some reasons why Barth’s Anselm book interests me as a book to focus on this year: 1) Barth sees Anselm as an especially important and relevant theologian. He calls him “one of those phenomena which...

January 8, 2011No Comments

Righteousness, Strength, and Joy

I heard someone summarize the gospel recently with three short statements: “Jesus is all my righteousness. Jesus is all my strength. Jesus is all my joy.” I found it so helpful this afternoon to reflect...

January 2, 2011No Comments

Grateful for 2010

Esther and I spent some time last night thinking together and listing all the ways God has cared and provided for us in 2010, and filled up several pages with notes of gratitude. We’re especially...

January 1, 2011No Comments

Barth on Anselm (1)

Since graduating seminary I’ve been doing some personal study projects to keep learning. My initial triad was Christ’s resurrection (systematic theology), Hebrews (Bible), and Anselm (historical theology). I started a new triad during the summer...

December 26, 20101 Comment

Humans and Chimps: Some Tentative Thoughts

I’ve been reading through Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2008), which has an appendix dealing with theistic evolutionist Francis Collins’ arguments for common ancestry between humans and chimps...

December 18, 20101 Comment