The Proclamation: The Word of Life has been Made Manifest
As all the commentaries on 1 John will point out, most New Testament epistles begin with an introduction concerning the author of the letter. The opening of 1 John, however, introduces Someone else: That which was from the beginning, which we have hard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon [...]
Preaching and Preachers
Is it a good thing that most churches have generally only one man preaching? Obviously, there are some churches that only have one pastor trained to preach, and most churches that generally only utilize one man have other preachers once every 4-6 weeks (on average). Still, when does preaching turn from being the faithful proclamation [...]
Wonderful Week
I have a very exciting week coming up. First, I picked up my good friend Dan, who goes to seminary at Gordon-Conwell, from the airport at Atlanta yesterday. He’s staying with me until Wednesday. He partly came to visit me and to see my seminary, but his main justification is that… Second, Beeson Divinity School [...]
The Wisdom of Christianity
This morning, I visited Briarwood Presbyterian Church, the founding church of the PCA denomination. It was a bit too big for my taste, but it was a wonderful church. I was privileged to see the sign of the New Covenant given to three more covenant infants, and, for the first time in my life, I [...]
