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Are you afraid?
In preparation for a particular study I was doing recently, I found myself reading John Calvin on 2 Peter 2. In that chapter, the apostle writes of the character of false teachers, and pulls few punches in doing so. In v. 10, he writes of the fact that the false...
The day God obeyed
There is a song that I learned in Sunday school, which I still occasionally sing to myself and which expresses a great truth. The song is called “Obedience,” and its lyrics go, in part: Obedience is the very best way to show that you believe: Doing exactly what the...
Santa Claus is coming to town
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. So claimed Edward Pola and George Wyle in their 1963 Christmas song. This is probably, at least experientially speaking, an accurate claim. At Christmastime, people seem friendlier, the roads are quieter, entertainment options...
Of misunderstanding, misrepresentation and Mary
I have a high school friend who is Roman Catholic. He wasn’t raised Catholic, but converted to Catholicism from a Protestant background some years back. I have had a good many electronic discussions with him regarding our differences in theology, and one of his most...
The altar of convenience
An article appearing in London’s The Telegraph quotes a Church of England representative as saying that Sunday morning worship has become “inconvenient” for Christians. While “many people still crave quiet reflection,” he says, they are “seeking out less ‘pressurised’...
Because you have prayed
Does prayer change things? This is one of the perennial questions about the biblical teaching on prayer. Many have (rightly) noted that, in one sense, prayer cannot possibly change things. That is, if God is sovereign (and he is), and if he has ordained everything...