Tag: god
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More February 2026 X Posts and Other Miscellanies: Creation/Evolution, Spurgeon on Islam, Postmillennialism, Rise of Liberalism/Progressivism, Anti-Semitism, Rights, Drugs, Etc.
“O God, impress upon me the value of time, and give regulation to all my thoughts and to all my movements.” — Thomas Chalmers — “A piety which concerns itself only with man’s soul and leaves the world to the devil is a profane piety” — R.J. Rushdoony — “Faith stands in antithesis to works;…
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Jesus and the Fulfillment of Israel’s Covenant: Holy Land and Holy People
[Another version of this essay was published under the title “The Story of Israel” on the Theopolis website.] Today’s news headlines, popular podcasts, and social media discussions, are dominated with questions about the modern nation-state of Israel and land disputes in the Middle East. Who owns the land, sometimes called the “holy land”? I am…
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Confessions of a Worship Leader
This is an excerpt from an article by Jonathan Aigner, found here: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ponderanew/2022/01/07/confessions-of-a-former-worship-leader-2/. While Aigner ended up Lutheran, classic Lutheran and Calvinistic/Reformed theologies of liturgy largely overlap. The stress is on seeking God where he has promised to be found — in his Word and sacraments, not in our emotions or fluctuating feelings. Whereas the medieval…
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Psalm 72
These notes are based on my sermon from July 19, 2009. Audio available here: Further notes are available here: Psalm 72 presents a magnificent vision of the ideal king and his kingdom. This essay explores the psalm through four key questions: Who wrote it? Who is it about? What does it promise? And what does…
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Liturgy and the Gospel
[This short essay was written for the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Austin TX. It appeared in the church newsletter sometime in the late 1990s, when I was on staff there.] One of the most talked about aspects of our church is our worship. Considering the centrality of gathered worship in the Scriptures, this is probably how…
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Liturgy as Cradle to Grave Pastoral Care
[I hope this is not breaking any copyright laws. I do not know where I found this but I saved it many years ago and it’s such a great essay on the pastoral value of liturgy that I want to post it here. Robert Zagore was a Lutheran pastor in the LCMS, if I recall…
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Advent in Isaiah (Part 2) — The Church’s Culture of Feasting (Isaiah 25:1–12) — 12/11/25
The Church’s Culture of Feasting (Isaiah 25:1–12) Advent in Isaiah (Part 2) The Church’s Culture of Feasting (Isaiah 25:1–12) And now our lesson of the day from the prophet Isaiah chapter 25, verses 1 to 12: “O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Dabney Ecclesiology Lectures from Revelation 21-22 (Fall 2006) — Audio and Notes
Audio Lecture #1: Audio Lecture #2: Dabney Ecclesiology Lectures Fall 2006 Lectures #3-4 A Biblical-Theological Vision of the Church from Revelation 21-22 Hermeneutical background Reading the text as symbolic architecture Statistics, stories, and structures – 3 ways to describe a people What does it mean to be an American citizen? What does it mean…
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February 2026 X Posts and Other Miscellanies: Baptism and Circumcision; NETTR; Critique of Theonomy; Modern Israel; Conspiracy Theories and Identity Politics; Drugs and the Demonic; Immigration; Presbyterianism, the Public Church, and the Culture War; Etc.
“A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.” — James A. Garfield — “Life’s tough. It’s even tougher when you’re stupid.” — John Wayne — A podcast I did about a year ago with the guys from Lancaster Patriot on Christian…
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Son of Man
Jesus’ most frequent title for himself is “Son of Man.” Why did Jesus refer to himself this way? Son of Man is Jesus’ way of calling himself the “Son of Adam.” In Pauline language, it means Second Adam, or Last Adam. It means he inaugurates a new humanity, Humanity 2.0. But there’s more. In Daniel…
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