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  • Two Kinds of Ecclesiocentrism, Ecclesiocentrism vs. Liberalism, Church Discipline, and More

    I have called myself “ecclesiocentric” but I think the meaning of the label often gets confused with other things. If ecclesiocentrism means cultural and political retreat (eg, pietism), I want no part of it. An ecclesiocentric church will assume the center. An ecclesiocentric church will operate out of and build upon the reality that Jesus… Read more

  • 1 Samuel 24: A Parable and a Paradigm for Our Times

    This is a brief follow-up to last Sunday’s sermon. I’d like to develop my thoughts on 1 Samuel 24 more fully later when I have more time, but here are a few notes. The meaning of 1 Samuel 24: David was Israel against for the sake of Israel because he loved Israel. (Alternatively: David was… Read more

  • Preaching on Negative World in 2003: Lessons from Jonah

    Going through some old work of mine, I found an unfinished/unedited collection of sermon on the book of Jonah, preached when I was at Auburn Avenue in Monroe, LA in the early 2000s. Uri Brito and I eventually published a short commentary on Jonah, but prior to that I had been planning a much longer… Read more

  • A Note on the Bryan Chapell Debacle

    I was asked my opinion on this on X, so I gave it: I have some friends and some old FV enemies on that list. But I respect many of the guys who opposed me over FV far, far more than I respect Chapell after this. At least those men were forthright about what they… Read more

  • John Knox and Liturgical Nationalism (and other notes on races, nations, and ordo amoris)

    Once again, I have created a stir on X. Here, I will give the original post and then my repsonses to various criticisms (if they can be called that), along with a some additional thoughts. — “Give me Scotland, or I die.” We should think and pray like John Knox. Knox prayed for the Lord… Read more

  • Racism, Nationalism, Empathy, Ordo Amoris, Meritocracy Pros and Cons, and Other Miscellanies

    Some older and more recent material, mostly from X: — From fall of 2024: America has never been more divided than we are right now. Someone might counter, “But what about the Civil War, when we literally divided into two nations, 3,000,000 men went to war with each other, and 700,000 were killed? What about… Read more