“The pity of Christians for themselves can never equal the pity with which they are regarded by their Saviour: for theirs is the pity of a corrupted nature, his of uncontaminated humanity; theirs the pity...
Wormwood’s advice in letter 16 of Screwtape Letters is very insightful: “What (God) wants of the layman in church is an attitude which may, indeed, be critical in the sense of rejecting what is false...
Esther and I are enjoying our spring here on Capitol Hill, though it has been a longer transition season than we expected, which has been very hard. Filling my time these days are: walking dogs,...
One thing I have been trying to understand is how the expectation for a Davidic ruler unfolds and develops throughout the Old Testament. To this end I picked up Stephen Dempster’s Dominion and Dynasty, which...
This is a very illuminating question to ask: Am I more afraid of looking foolish before people, or acting sinfully before the Lord? Isaiah 66:2: “But this is the one to whom I will look:...
“In the central event of the cross, biblically considered, all of God’s attributes – which are one – shine forth in one way or another.” Henri Blocher, “God and the Cross,” in Engaging the Doctrine...
Saw this great John Owen quote in a friend’s email signature: “We do not have the ability in ourselves to accomplish the least of God’s tasks. This is a law of grace. When we recognize...
We are in the middle of an all-time record blizzard here in DC. The previous record for snowiest month in Washington D.C. was 35.2 inches, set in February 1899 – by the end of the...
