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The new year brings renewed commitments, and hopefully one of your renewed commitments is dedicated time for family worship. I cannot stress the importance of… Read More »Recommended Bibles for Children and Families
Many periodicals make a New Year’s tradition of summarizing the most important stories of the past year. That tradition has never been followed by In… Read More »The Most Important Stories of 2013
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Example of Holy Music (Rebuttal)
The Hypostatic Union The Word set forth before the world began Wrote out the mournful tune in minor key: The crying of the infant… Read More »A Poem on the Hypostatic Union
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Example of Holy Music
Little child, look on me— What can Thy newborn eyes see? Dost Thou recognize a man Fashioned by Thine ancient plan? Infant that Thou hast… Read More »Incarnation
This essay was originally published during the Easter season, but it applies equally to celebrations of Advent and Christmas. Today (the day upon which I… Read More »Shall We Observe Holidays?
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: How Hip-hop is an appropriate medium for communicating God’s truth (Rebuttal)
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: How Hip-hop is an appropriate medium for communicating God’s truth
What shall we do with Christmas? A quick glance at the store-fronts and an ear perked to the songs in the air would seem to… Read More »Corinth and Christmas: What ‘Food Offered to Idols’ Can Teach Us about Celebrating Christmas
This post is excerpted from “A Deliberate Choice.” December is for Advent. Historically, Christians have begun their reflections upon the incarnation, not by celebrating it,… Read More »The purpose of Advent
A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home, by Jason Helopoulos. Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2013. 119 pp. $10.00. “Family worship in the Christian… Read More »Review of A Neglected Grace by Jason Helopoulos
These days humanism is often equated with secularism or human autonomy from the divine. Originally, however, the term was used to designate the celebration of… Read More »Humanism and the Incarnation
Acts 17 records Paul’s attempt to evangelize three cities, each of which had very different kinds of people. Paul’s audience in Thessalonica was predominantly Jewish.… Read More »Acts 17 and cultural contextualization
A passage often cited by evangelicals to prove that every cultural expression is legitimate since people from every nation will be admitted into heaven is… Read More »Does Revelation 5:9 prove that all kinds of cultural expressions will be in heaven?
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Example of Sinful Music (Rebuttal)
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Example of Sinful Music
Update (12/10 6:00am): Shai’s reply is posted below. Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: How does rap “flavor” its truth content? (Rebuttal)
As I am contemplating what textbooks we will use next year for our homeschooling (yes, I plan this far ahead so that I can take… Read More »Should children study the KJV?
This article first appeared in Artistic Theologian 2 (2013). Books reviewed: Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice, by Bryan Chapell (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009); Story-Shaped Worship: Following… Read More »Gospel-Shaped Worship: A Review of Recent Literature