Who spoke to Moses from the burning bush? Who called to Abraham on Mount Moriah? Who withstood Balaam on his way to curse the Israelites? Who met Hagar and Ishmael when Sarah drove them into the wilderness? If you answered, “The Lord,” you would be right. And if you answered, “The Angel of the Lord,
My first encounter with a Universalist in 2014 was more than just a conversation. It was a profound awakening, a moment that sparked a deeper theological concern within me. It was the first time I truly grasped this doctrine’s seductive yet spiritually hazardous nature, which I had only known about
“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” – Luke 24:27The revelation of Christ begins not at the Incarnation but at Creation. It is from the very opening verses of the Scriptures that the mystery of the person and wor
The Bible has just one verse referring to a Christian named Mnason. Yet although we never hear of Mnason before or after this one verse, what we glean from it is most instructive. The verse is Acts 21:16: ‘And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us (that is, Paul and his companions), bring
The future is, by definition, uncertain. That seems obvious—but if you actually stop and reflect on that for a moment, it becomes unsettling. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. In an instant, we could be gone. And so we try to secure the future through contingency plans and contracts. This is w
If there is one haunting line from literature that may encapsulate the American and Christian spirit regarding Salem, Massachusetts, it may be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous line from The House of Seven Gables: “Shall we never get rid of this Past? … It lies upon the Present like a giant’s dead body.”
She asked if I had time to talk. When a spot in my day cleared I called her. My sister in Christ had been praying about a particular temptation and was feeling embarrassed to tell me. But I gently encouraged her and she shared that a glass of wine was no longer sufficient. She desired more, too much
Part 1 can be found here.Alcuin & the Carolingian Renaissance Something should be said here on the impact Alcuin had on the Carolingian renaissance, especially the connection between Alcuin’s political theology and his philosophy of education. For Alcuin, true education was intimately lin
IntroductionAbout three hundred and twenty-five years after Alaric sacked Rome, and the light of the Eternal City was fading into twilight, indeed, with the sudden rise of vicious Viking raids around Europe, these were dark days. What made them darkest though was that the classical education of Gree
I recently finished reading Carl Trueman’s book, Luther on the Christian Life (Crossway, 2015). It is a wonderful introduction to a man that the Lord was delighted to use for the well-being of His church. In fact, if you’re looking for a book to read at this time of year, then I recommend it highly.
