“If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an...
Trusting God is easy – till you have to do it! Its easy to think you have loads of faith until you are put in a situation where you have to trust God, where you...
I am really enjoying reading through I and II Kings right now. Reading through an Old Testament historical book like Kings for devotions feels very different from reading through an Epistle or Gospel or even...
I am reading through Kings right now, and I was really struck this morning by Solomon’s prayer during the dedication of the temple in chapter 8. Among many things that could be commented on, his...
Everyone wants to be happy, but different people seem to have different ways of pursuing it. This same end is sought by many different means. Most people, it seems to me (and I certainly include...
This past fall I did a series of posts on animal suffering, and several friends here in St. Louis mentioned that they did not follow what I was trying to say. I am therefore in...
I have been reflecting lately on how important – and how difficult – it is to listen. I am coming to understand how much conflict and misunderstanding is related to a failure to listen well,...
Although I have written critically of Van Til’s critique of Barth, I appreciate his contribution and general approach to apologetics. I recently looked a bit at Christian Apologetics, a revamped version of his syllabus for...
