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  • The Principle of Covenant Inclusion: Covenant Children as Participants in the Sacramental Life of the Church

    The Principle of Covenant Inclusion: Covenant Children as Participants in the Sacramental Life of the Church

    The inclusion of children in the sacramental life of the covenant community is no minor theme in Scripture. Again and again, we see that God includes the youngest children in the rites and rituals of the church. Children are included when the people of God gather. Children of believers are counted and treated as members Read more

  • Civil Fathers

    Civil magistrates are fathers to their people. But what kind of fathers are they? If the citizenry is irresponsible and undisciplined, he has to be a controlling father – usually some kind of tyrant, because they people cannot govern themselves. The citizens are like little children who need someone to do everything for them. Think Read more

  • Jesus > Angels (Hebrews 1)

    Hebrews 1:4-14 quotes 7 OT texts to show that Jesus is superior to the angels (6 are psalms, 1 is from Deuteronomy). This may seem like a strange argument to make. But it actually fits well into the overall theme of Hebrews, which is to show Jesus is superior to every facet of the old Read more

  • Stories of Forgiveness

    [This is a recent X post.] Stories of rejecting bitterness and being willing to practice forgiveness: — Corrie ten Boom’s family sought to protect Jews from the Nazis during WW2. They were betrayed, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp. Corrie’s sister Betsie was among those who died there. Years later, after the war, Corrie Read more

  • 1 Samuel 30-31 — More Sermon Scraps: David as Type of Christ

    It would be impossible for me here to produce anything like a complete bibliography of books to read on typological hermeneutics, but here are a few that should be at the top of anyone’s list: Through New Eyes by James Jordan Knowing God Through the OT by C. J. H. Wright Jesus and Israel by Read more

  • August ’25: Posts from X and Other Notes

    Most of these notes are X posts form August, but some are pulled from the archives. — Natural revelation is infallible and absolutely authoritative. But Scripture still has a kind of primacy because of the form in which it’s given. I like how John Frame explains it: “God has given us Scripture, or “special revelation,” Read more