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Trinity Classical Academy
[This is a slightly modified version of an email sent out to my congregation a couple weeks ago.] TPC family, Early on in my ministry, an older pastor told me, “The wheels of Presbyterianism grind slowly, but they do grind.” We’ve been talking and praying about starting a classical Christian school and building a sanctuary…
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Who Are You To Tell Me to Question Authority?!
The “question everything” approach to life is definitely popular right now, which is not a surprise given that we live in a time of crisis. Our historically trusted authorities and institutions have let us down. There is a crisis of competency in many fields; our experts are short on expertise and our elites are not…
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In Praise of the Fullback
Is it just me, or did society as a whole start going downhill when football teams quit using fullbacks? I miss the fullback position. I bet the guy who played fullback on your high school football team is doing pretty well today. Fullbacks were always the kinds of guys who quietly go about their business.…
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Turning Point?
At our weekly Wednesday vespers service last night, I took the opportunity to say a few words about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Some of that is reproduced here. I have not followed Charlie’s work closely all that long, but I have been greatly impressed by him, especially as it was obvious that he had…
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Quotebook #8
“The proposition that the United States of America are a Christian and Protestant nation, is not so much the assertion of a principle as the statement of a fact.” -Charles Hodge — Charles Hodge on the limits of using natural law with the natural man: “The experience of ages proves that the world by wisdom…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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