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Symington on Christ’s Pity for Believers

“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...

April 25, 2010No Comments

How to listen to sermons

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...

April 20, 2010No Comments

Our Spring

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,...

March 23, 201011 Comments

Reading the Canon

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...

March 13, 2010No Comments

Do I fear sin more than looking stupid?

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:...

March 12, 2010No Comments

The Cross’ Revelation

“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...

March 10, 2010No Comments

The Law of Grace

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...

March 5, 2010No Comments

Record Blizzard

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...

February 10, 20101 Comment

Too much 24?

This morning Esther was about to head out the door to work, and I was still 2/3 asleep in bed, and the first thing that popped into my head to ask her was, “where did...

January 19, 20105 Comments