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Sibbes’ The Bruised Reed

I just finished reading Richard Sibbes’ The Bruised Reed, which is his lengthy exposition of Isaiah 42:3, “a bruised reed He will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will...

August 24, 2009No Comments

Reflections on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Picking up on my last post, one thing I have enjoyed about our walks to the Lincoln Memorial is that it has given me the opportunity to meditate more closely on the text of Lincoln’s...

August 18, 2009No Comments

Scattered Thoughts on Lincoln, Ellis, Racism, and the Cross

Several times since moving to D.C. Esther and I have walked down to the Lincoln Memorial. Each time I take the time to read the speeches that are etched in the walls, the Gettysburg Address...

August 18, 2009No Comments

Biblical Inerrancy and Young Earth Creationism

Something I have noticed lately is that many people in our culture, especially non-Christian or nominally Christian people, seem to have gotten the idea that biblical inerrancy and young earth creationism are the same thing....

August 15, 20092 Comments

Thoughts on the extra Calvinisticum

As I was reading Timothy George on Calvin he made reference to his famous extra Calvinisticum doctrine. Extra Calvinisticum is Latin for “Calvin’s doctrine of the outer/beyond.” It means that during his earthly life, the...

July 30, 20098 Comments

Band of Brothers

I have been watching these a bit while in Nashville and totally been getting sucked into the story. Once you get past the first episode into D-day, it really picks up. They are so good!...

July 30, 20094 Comments

Luther on predestination, hell, and divine justice

I have been reading Timothy George’s Theology of the Reformers, and I was deeply struck by George’s summary of Luther’s defense of the doctrine of predestination against the objection that it impugns the justice and...

July 29, 20091 Comment

Too much time, too little time

Some various things I am learning in my spiritual walk right now: 1) I spend too much time seeking to learn new truths, and too little time seeking to apply the truths I already know....

July 28, 20091 Comment

Richard Sibbes on true bruising

Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed, 10-11, in discussing “spiritual bruising,” answers the question, “how shall we know whether we are such as may expect mercy?” with 8 descriptions which I found humbling and enlightening: 1)...

July 28, 2009No Comments