What comes after Post-modernism?

Reflections on Baxter (2): concluding assessment

Over the past few weeks I have been devouring Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor, and I have loved it. I would place it in my top five theological books of all time. Probably the greatest...

I found some old photos of myself

Reflections on Baxter (1): seeing God in all things

I am reading Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor and really enjoying it. In the first section, the section I read today, Baxter discusses the nature of a pastor’s self-oversight. One of the most striking aspects...

D.A. Carson poem

I understand that matter can be changedTo energy; that maths can integrateThe complex quantum jumps that must relateThe fusion of the stars to history’s page.I understand that God in every ageIs Lord of all; that...

Favorite Narnia Moments (8): Caspian’s (Un)worthiness

“Welcome, Prince,” said Aslan. “Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?” “I-I don’t think I do, Sir,” said Caspian. “I’m only a kid.” “Good,” said Aslan. “If you had felt...

Not Just Difficult, Its Impossible

I recently heard a Francis Schaeffer quote in which he said, in reference to his ministry at L’Abri, “what we are trying to do here is not just difficult – its impossible.” I have been...

Favorite Narnia Moments (7): I have another name

This conversation takes place at the very end of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: “Oh, Aslan,” said Lucy. “Will you tell us how to get into your country from our world?”“I shall be telling...

Prayer Request

My good friends Noah and Julie Roberts are expecting their first child on August 6th, next Wednesday. Their little girl, Magdalena Grace, has been diagnosed with Trisomy-18 and will mostly likely not live very long...