Worship Roots
Creation is the very basis of and foundation for worship. The central principle of biblical worship is the fact that it is God-initiated and based… Read More »Worship Roots
Articles
Browse articles on various topics below.
Jesus, Children, and Humility
Mark 9:33–37, 42, Matthew 18:1–5, and Luke 9:46–48 give parallel accounts of Jesus’ use of a child to illustrate His teaching to the disciples. These… Read More »Jesus, Children, and Humility
An Open Letter to Chris Leavell
Dear Chris, From your father’s email I have learned of your current condition. As I understand it, the melanoma has spread throughout your body. The… Read More »An Open Letter to Chris Leavell
Conservative Christianity: A Reading List
A friend recently emailed asking for a basic reading list that would introduce an interested individual to conservative Christianity as we articulate it here at… Read More »Conservative Christianity: A Reading List
The Meaning of the Word Church and What It Means for Us Today
Our word church is comes from the older kirk (Scottish) or kirche (German), which in turn derives from the Greek adjective kuriakos, meaning “belonging to… Read More »The Meaning of the Word Church and What It Means for Us Today
Retrospective
This has been the final week before the beginning of the fall semester at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Our faculty has spent most of the… Read More »Retrospective
Some Thoughts about the hymnal Cantus Christi
I have had a chance over many months to get to know the hymnal Cantus Christi published by Canon Press, associated with Pastor Douglas Wilson and Christ… Read More »Some Thoughts about the hymnal Cantus Christi
Conformity: Skilful Engagement
We behold God’s beauty and beautify it in creation when we wisely and skillfully use it and shape it. We can only act like Christ… Read More »Conformity: Skilful Engagement
Would You Rethink This, Please?
“These creationists are inadvertently and blindly trusting man’s fallible dating methods for archaeological data.” So says Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis. Who are these… Read More »Would You Rethink This, Please?
The Four Approaches to Classical Christian Education, Part 3: The Trivium-as-Stages Approach
In this series, I am discussing the four different ways that evangelicals are doing classical Christian education (CCE) in 2015. In my first post, I… Read More »The Four Approaches to Classical Christian Education, Part 3: The Trivium-as-Stages Approach
The Bible Faculty Summit
The Bible Faculty Summit is an annual gathering of professors in the biblical and theological disciplines. These individuals represent the colleges and seminaries of mainstream… Read More »The Bible Faculty Summit
A Homeschool Mom Reads: July
After the fun beach and car reading of June, I was ready for some nourishing fare this month, and that was just what I got.… Read More »A Homeschool Mom Reads: July
The Minnesota Baptist Association
Very few of the current organizations within Baptist fundamentalism existed before the 1920s. Of those, I know of only one that was actually founded before… Read More »The Minnesota Baptist Association
The GARBC in Omaha
This summer I was able to attend the annual meetings of three Baptist fellowships. One of those was the annual conference of the General Association… Read More »The GARBC in Omaha
Is Self-Love Always Selfishness?
We all say we’re against selfishness. But what is selfishness? And if God hates selfishness, why does our own happiness play such an important role in… Read More »Is Self-Love Always Selfishness?
The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association
Among the benefits of my summer schedule is the opportunity to visit several Baptist associations and fellowships. This June and July I have attended three… Read More »The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association
Reader Questions Answered: Young Earth History Curriculum and Dates
These are some recent reader questions that reflect questions I get fairly often regarding history curriculum and history dating of ancient times from a young… Read More »Reader Questions Answered: Young Earth History Curriculum and Dates
Practice Makes Perfect: Culture and the Liturgies of Life
So here are the primary points of my argument: Culture is the behavior of a people. The formation of certain kinds of behaviors falls squarely… Read More »Practice Makes Perfect: Culture and the Liturgies of Life
Friendship
Philosophers and poets have waxed eloquent on the subject of friendship, but one verse from the Bible says more than all their panegyrics combined. It… Read More »Friendship
A Modest Proposal: One Loaf in Communion
In 1 Cor 10:17 Paul says, Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one… Read More »A Modest Proposal: One Loaf in Communion