[W]hat makes Christianity absolutely distinct is the identity of our God. Which God we worship: that is the article of faith that stands before all others. The bedrock of our faith is nothing less than God himself, and every aspect of the gospel—creation, revelation, salvation—is only Christian insofar as it is the creation, revelation and…
As I did with God’s Smuggler, I will be posting reflection questions for each chapter of Evidence Not Seen. Of course, since we will be spreading the book out over a longer period of time, some of the posts will be quite short, as there will sometimes be only one chapter to discuss. I…
I’m Never Bored, and I Think It Might Be Killing Me “But I can see that something really does need to change. I want to make room for God to speak. I want to create space for creativity. And so I’ll continue to battle on. I’ll continue to try to carve out space in my…
I want to persuade you to study the Scripture, that you may get understanding and hide the Word in your hearts for gracious purposes. This is the Book of books: let it not lie idle. The world can as well be without the sun as the Bible— Psalm 19 speaks first of the sun, then…
Publishing of the complete Geneva Bible, a veritable treasury of ‘firsts’ among English translations of the Bible. While building on the tradition of Tyndale, it was the first English Bible to be translated entirely from the original languages in both Old and New Testaments. Beginning with the separate publication of the New Testament in 1557,…
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.—I Corinthians 9:24 I am not much of a sports person. I am not coordinated, I generally don’t know the rules, and I don’t have a favorite team. When I watch a football…
Self-reliance that looks inward and fails to find the necessary resources to meet the threat results in despair. But self-reliance that looks inward and actually finds the necessary resources to meet the threat results in arrogance…Despair and arrogance are merely two sides of the same coin. But God despises the coin itself: self-reliance. Andrew…
Fear Not, the Universe Is Wildly Out Of Your Control “Christian, fear not, the universe is wildly outside of your control. But it is firmly in His control. And He cares for you. So laugh, and do what he has set before you today.” Susannah Spurgeon: A Ministry-Minded, Self-Sacrificing Wife “Susannah Spurgeon [was] the…
Peace of Augsburg signed, ending almost ten years of intermittent conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and the protestant princes of the Schmalkaldic League. The conflict began in 1546 and by the following year Charles had decimated the forces of the league, determined to undo the reformation once and for all. It didn’t…
