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Reflections on Ecclesiastes

In my Psalms and Wisdom Literature class today we covered the book of Ecclesiastes. As I pondered the theological message of the book of this book, and then glanced ahead in our notes to Song...

May 5, 20091 Comment

I am currently reading James L Swanson’s Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer and heartily recommend it. Its one of those books you simply cannot put down, because it is so intense. Its based...

May 4, 2009No Comments

What is certainty?

If earth’s history were a 24 hour day, human history would be the final two seconds of that day. I heard this statistic recently in connection with my study of our planet’s history and was...

May 2, 2009No Comments

Power in Preaching

I found this article written by my Dad in the latest edition of Themelios extremely helpful and convicting. While he certainly doesn’t need a plug from my tiny blog, I wanted to draw attention to...

April 27, 20091 Comment

Jude and rhetoric

I just finished doing a brief study on Jude, and found it a fascinating book. In the spirit of trying to do shorter posts, I am attempting to summarize what I learned about the book...

April 21, 20091 Comment

Is Acts 2:39 a valid prooftext for paedobaptism?

Almost all of the cases for reformed paedobaptism I have read have referenced Peter’s statement in Acts 2:39 that “the promise” is “for you and your children.” This has always surprised me, for it seems...

April 14, 20099 Comments

Where did the moon come from?

You’d think this would be an easy question, discovered and agreed upon by scientists for some time. After all, we’ve traveled there, and learned about much farther away and more obscure objects in outer space....

April 8, 200910 Comments

Best Commentary Series?

As graduation draws near, I am thinking about investing in a good commentary series. I would like to build up mostly individual commentaries, but also a series, to have some continuity from one book to...

April 6, 20096 Comments

Critique of Religulous

I recently watched Bill Maher’s new documentary, Religilous. I expected the movie to be funny, provocative, and offensive (it was). I also hoped (perhaps naively) that it would have some honesty, some thoughtfulness, and some...

March 22, 20099 Comments