A Good Use of One’s Knees

Hegesippus, quoted by Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History, II.xxiii), describing James the Just (the brother of Jesus and early leader of the church in Jerusalem): “He was in the habit of entering the temple alone, and was...

Paul in Acts

Why does the apostle Paul hijack the book of Acts?  I remember wondering about this question when studying Acts in seminary, and I was reminded of it in finishing Acts this morning.  About halfway through...

Flexibility

This morning I was reading Acts and was struck by Paul’s willingness to purify himself along with Jewish Christians at the suggestion of James and the Jerusalem elders (Acts 21:17-26).  It would have been so...

New Study Topics

After seminary I chose Christ’s resurrection (systematic theology), Hebrews (Bible), and Anselm (historical theology) as three study projects for my continued learning.  I’ve focused on the resurrection with much of my time this spring, and...

An Absent-minded Scholar

This is truly hilarious: “Occasionally, (Einstein) would take rambling walks on his own, which could be dicey.  One day someone called the Institute and asked to speak to a particular dean.  When his secretary said...

How to tell if you are preaching in the power of the Spirit

From Edmund Clowney’s Preaching Christ from All of Scripture (Crossway, 2003), 55: One one occasion I had tea with Martin Lloyd-Jones in Ealing, London, and decided to ask him a question that concerned me.  “Dr....

Unlocking Femininity

The New Blog

As you can see, I’ve updated from Blogger to WordPress.  I like the formatting better, and they have more features. What is new? 1) the blog’s name (you can read about why in the “what...

Justification and Idolatry

How would you answer this question – what does justification by faith alone have to do with idolatry? My brother Dane has a great post in which he shows how they have everything to do...