Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology

01 January 2017

N. T. Wright's The Day the Revolution Began: A Few Reflections

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This week I read Wright's new book on the crucifixion, The Day the Revolution Began . I'm not a Wright-hater. I owe him a lot. Some ...
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10 December 2016

Union

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If this enterprise succeeds and flourishes, the church is vitally strengthened, globally, for the next generation. Many organizations will...
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30 November 2016

All the Light and Warmth of His Affection

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Geerhardus Vos on the love of God, reflecting on Jeremiah 31: It means that in the most literal sense He concentrates all the light and wa...
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26 November 2016

Sons in the Son

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Thoroughly enjoying Dave Garner's new book on adoption, which could not be more aptly titled: Sons in the Son . What a rich treatment. F...
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02 August 2016

Complete and Ecstatic Happiness

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C. S. Lewis, in a 1933 letter to his friend Arthur Greeves, with a compelling re-orientation to overcoming sin.  God not only understa...
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18 June 2016

Apprehending Divine Love

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Read a book on the love of God recently. It was fine. True, faithful, careful. It has its place on our bookshelves. But the ceiling on my ...
26 May 2016

Home

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A place I love. A place that is home. Deeply so. 
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16 May 2016

All Sorts of Sins

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Thomas Goodwin: God hath ordered his elect, take the whole body and bulk of them, to fall into all sorts of sins, one or other of them; so...
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01 March 2016

This Isn't About Trump

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One Washington Post essay after another these days is blasting away at Trump. Maybe at this point it's the wrong target. Imagine the f...
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12 January 2016

When Discouraged

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Richard Sibbes, in a book published in 1630, five years before his death: Suffering brings discouragements, because of our impatience. ...
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A human being. Living with my dear wife and five delightful offspring in Wheaton, Illinois. More messed up than this blog will let on. I live (2 Cor 5:15) to delight in (Ps 37:4) and display (1 Tim 1:16) the glory (Rom 15:8-9) of the grace (Eph 1:6) of God in Christ (Col 1:15). Saddle up.
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