Tag: Bible

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Did you know Paul’s love hymn in 1 Corinthians is really about Jesus? It is. Here’s the proof — just plug in “Jesus” for “love” in the hymn and see how perfectly it reads: Jesus suffers long and is kind; Jesus does not envy; Jesus does not parade himself, Jesus is not puffed up; Jesus…

Anxiety

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The world tends to fight worry with the “power of positive thinking.” Worldy wisdom says, “The things you’re so worried about probably won’t happen.” That might be true to a point, but it is not true enough. It’s really fighting worry with wishful thinking — and perhaps even with lies. Scripture gives us better weapons.…

March and April ’25 on X — Marriage, Parenting, Race/Nationalism, Psalms, Baptism and Covenant, Liberalism and Libertarianism, the Papacy, the Gospel, Pastoral Ministry, Christendom and Christian Nationalism, Ecclesiastes, and More

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Some of my recent X posts (roughly mid-March to early May ‘25): — If you haven’t yet read John Murray’s article, “The Church: Its Definition in Terms of ‘Visible’ and ‘Invisible’ Invalid,” your theological education is still incomplete. — “Preach as a dying man to dying men, as one who might never preach again.” –…

The Reformed Tradition and the Civil Magistrate

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Presbyterian PSA: The Westminster Confession of Faith (revised 1788) teaches that the civil magistrate has the duty to “maintain piety, justice, and peace” in society. Obviously, the definition of these terms is to be derived from Scripture. The office of civil magistrate exists under God, “the Supreme Lord and King of all the world,” and…

Notes on Parenting

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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…

Husbands, Take Out the Trash

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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…

Jesus Covers David (Psalms)

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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…

Notes on Hebrews 1:1-4

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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…

The Resurrection

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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…

The Irony of Palm Sunday

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