Buying Bibles

If you, like me, are a fan of the ESV then there are two websites that you should know about. Together they are the two least expensive places to buy any ESV bible you can think of. Often, they’re significantly less expensive.
The first is evangelicalbible.com. Right now in addition to having great prices, they’re offering free [...]

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Something Real

In a 2005 article about Jonny Cash, Russel D. Moore said something I really like:

Perhaps if Christian churches modeled themselves more after Johnny Cash, and less after perky Christian celebrities… we might find ourselves resonating more with the MTV generation. Maybe if we stopped trying to be “cool,” and stopped hiring youth ministers who are [...]

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The Way of Salvation

Well. I began reading a new book a few days ago titled, The Way of Salvation: The Role of Christian Obedience in Justification, by Paul A. Rainbow and published in 2005 by Paternoster Press. (By the way, these guys are publishing some seriously interesting books! There’s another book coming down the pike from [...]

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Denominational (and other) Posturing

Charles Simeon was neither an Arminian nor a Calvinist but described himself as “a moderate Calvinist” or “a Bible Christian.” I would have called him a “Calviminian.” Some consider Charles Simeon the father of Anglican evangelicalism. He was born in 1759 and died in 1836. Appointed vicar of Holy Trinity Cambridge at age 23, he [...]

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Defeating Strongholds

I recently wrote to a dear friend:
I’m convinced that victory over besetting sin is secured by a pattern of small, seemingly unrelated, ostensibly insignificant decisions, which add up to a life-style of holiness. Make the right decision every time, at every moment, on every topic…and it becomes a force of habit more powerful (and more [...]

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The Present Role of the Law (Torah)

Even the Apostle Peter said that St. Paul’s writings were difficult to understand, and throughout history Christian men (and women) have often found them difficult to align congruently with the rest of Scripture.
In the past 150 years it has become fashionable to act—and even believe—that the Law was done away with by Messiah’s sacrifice. In [...]

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Formation through Flesh

A previous post and some comments on it led me to think of an essay by Dallas Willard in his book The Great Omission, titled “The Spirit is Willing, But… The Body as a Tool for Spiritual Growth” (pgs 80-90).  I believe some quotes from it are in order.
Willard first sets some background parameters:
This process [...]

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Alethea

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Ethan

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Tekoa

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Elorah

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Suddenly Comprehending Reality

There is no greater war than that we wage with our fleshly nature. Epic tales of heroic deeds pale in comparison to the battle each must wage with himself. Indeed, perhaps all legendary tales are but a metaphor of the grand struggle within each of us.
“I wrestle not against flesh and blood,” yet I wrestle [...]

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