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  • Notes on Parenting

    I encourage parents to make the discipline of their young children as liturgical as possible. How can discipline be a liturgy? What is a liturgy of discipline? Discipline should be consistent not only in that parents discipline for the same offenses, but in that discipline should be carried out in a regimented way. Basically: Give Read more

  • Husbands, Take Out the Trash

    If a husband and wife are short with each other, snappy, impatient, if small disagreements escalate into major conflicts, if they constantly accuse and feel accused, etc., the presenting issue is never the *real* issue. In many cases, the problem is that a million small disruptions in the relationship have never been dealt with and Read more

  • How You Pray Matters

    Passion and persistence in prayer matter. Prayer is not supposed to be completely stoic. There is reason to think God is more likely respond to prayers offered in urgency, sincerity, and earnestness. John Frame explains why our emotional frame in prayer matters: “Earnestness is a quality we see in the prayers of many of God’s Read more

  • Jesus Covers David (Psalms)

    We probably all have a favorite cover song – you know, a song that exists in an original version but which has been picked up and performed by another singer. One of my favorites is Johnny Cash’s “Hurt.” It was originally by Nine Inch Nails but Johnny Cash did a cover of it and….well, let’s Read more

  • Notes on Hebrews 1:1-4

    Hebrews 1:1-4 is perhaps the most spectacular opening statement in any NT epistle. It’s like a tightly compressed spring that will pop open over the rest of the letter. It’s like flower whose petals will unfold over the next 13 chapters. The whole letter is summarized in these jam-packed verses.  A couple observations: First, Paul Read more

  • The Resurrection

    The resurrection is not just proof that God accepted Jesus’ payment for sins on the cross. The resurrection is not just a receipt. The resurrection is Jesus’ vindication and therefore the vindication of all who are in him. The resurrection is Jesus’ justification, as it overturned the condemnation of the earthly courts that put Jesus Read more