by Stuart | 8 Aug 2016 | Reviews
Back in December 2011 I read a book in the Counterpoints series titled Four Views on Hell. Published in 1992, this book brings together the scholarship of four different authors to debate the nature of hell. The first edition presented four different interpretations...
by Stuart | 8 Aug 2016 | Hymnody
“He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD” (Psalm 33:5). Maltbie Davenport Babcock was an American Presbyterian clergyman and hymn writer in the 19th century. He was born on 3 August 1858 and died on 18 May 1901. In 1882,...
by Stuart | 20 May 2016 | Blog
I recently stumbled across The Phil Vischer Podcast, which I have subsequently recommended to several people in the church whom I know listen to podcasts. This weekly podcast is hosted by Phil Vischer—the creator of VeggieTales—and is co-hosted by Skye Jethani and...
by Stuart | 28 Apr 2016 | Blog
Imagine for a moment freely handing your credit card over to a friend and giving him free reign to spend as much as he wants. Your friend might consider you a kind person, and perhaps you would feel good for a moment about extending kindness to a friend. But you would...
by Stuart | 21 Apr 2016 | Blog
Erik “Ordinary Pastor” Raymond recently published a blog post titled “Can Your Theology Handle the book of Lamentations?” In it, he argues that far too many professing Christians “ignore this God who judges” because “it is much easier for him to be, well, nice.” There...
