I often am struck by the things people say to me after a sermon. And I often feel awkward. Not as often as I used to, but often enough. Howard Hendricks used to say that what goes on in the foyer after the service can rightly be called “the glorification of the worm.” How can [...]
What does the Book of Revelations tell us about the Antichrist? Will the Antichrist be a Muslim? Is the upcoming presidential election a harbinger of the end when the Antichrist sets up his reign? Is Obama a Muslim? Is Obama the Antichrist? Is Obama mentioned in the Book of Revelations?
This evening my family and I go to the great state of Alabama to be with my parents for their 50th anniversary celebration tomorrow. 50 years. God is good and does good.
Jim and Virginia Bryant, June 11, 1958. Your son loves and admires you.
I want to exhort you to worship this morning by reminding you that you are in the presence of Almighty God right now. But what I want you to remember about this fact is that in the Bible when men come into the presence of God, very often they are overtaken with fear and dread, [...]
After the Story of Stuff stuff, I thought it an opportune time to recycle a little manifesto from a conservative Roman Catholic [update: Dreher is now one of the "cool people"] over at National Review. I don’t wear Birkenstocks, but I am a Burkean. And I’m a bit crunchy around the edges. Does that [...]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
When I speak this apostolic greeting and extend grace to you, what does that mean? I am afraid that our thinking about grace is often muddled in the middle. We tend to think of grace as a substance or as a gaseous [...]
Love is valorous, it turns cowardice into courage. Love will make one venture upon the greatest difficulties and hazards. The fearful hen will fly upon a dog or serpent to defend her young ones. Love infuses a spirit of gallantry and fortitude into a Christian. He that loves God will stand up in His cause, [...]
I was privileged to deliver the devotional at Trinitas Christian School’s Honors and Awards Ceremony on May 29, 2008. I share it with you now.
Good morning. I congratulate you all, students, for a year of hard work and excellent achievement.
The Bible has a lot to say about and to slaves. We read in God’s Law [...]
A question I asked my students at school recently was this: is a person’s private life relevant for their fitness for public office? That is certainly a good question for us these days, as the presidential election goes on.
But an equally forceful question is this: does your public life have any relevance for your private [...]
Fellow Basketeer Rob (that’s “the Right Rev. Hadding” to you) has already brought up the subject of justification. And eternal justification, if memory serves. I didn’t weigh in much.
But here’s a little something from the Leithart archives that you may not yet have seen.
Justification is not the end of a story, but the beginning.
Consider Noah, [...]
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