https://open.spotify.com/episode/40yeI6Wl0HpPQjie9KWQA1?si=Tdi7x6tYQQqrR5ma2y0mJw Sundays never fail to be tough. The plan is always to have the house clean and organized on Saturday, to do family devotionals, to set out and iron clothes for the morning, to go to bed early, and have a big happy breakfast together Sunday morning. Things never go according to plan. It never …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rrDRtoSPPjuzST79lRe8E?si=PVUIzy0XSEyMbJ7M3dwOSQ This week of Pride Month featured the pride flag flying high over the White House like a triumphant banner over a conquered foe. This was then accompanied by a pride celebration at the capital in which pushback against flashers forced the present administration to admit that it took things just a bit too far. …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7K3PUFg2MFG0UN4Rb43JCq?si=gwG8q7AYQw6_QLsUsOXomQ Several weeks ago, Budweiser infamously made a brief sponsorship with Dylan Mulvaney, who has become one of the most prominent spokesmen for transgenderism as of late. The response from Budweiser's customer base has been swift and decisive. With multiple beers to choose from in any given store, people have largely decided to abandon the …
Author Verse 1 blatantly identifies Nahum as the author. Only modern, anti-supernatural scholars argue for a post-exilic author, but this theory has no grounding outside of secularist biases. Theme God will bring judgment upon Nineveh (and the Assyrian Empire) because of the wickedness that they have committed. Background Nothing is known of Nahum outside of …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7w8CpnJLrGqjmM3Cw8ap4M?si=BLVQGjz7RkOFMAq7StH3hw Too often doctrine and teaching (but I repeat myself) are pitted against missions and disciple-making; however, whenever we consider Christ’s Great Commission for His church, we note that we are called to make disciples by baptizing in them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism in the name …
Continue reading Through the New City Catechism (New Series)
Happy Resurrection Day one and all! If you'd like to further meditate upon Jesus being risen, here are four sermons for you. The first is a sermon on Mark's account of the resurrection. From The Apostles' Creed, this sermon over the Resurrection of Christ describes why it is our trustworthy, living, and eternal hope. From …
Author The author of Hebrews is anonymous, and unlike the Gospels (which are also anonymously written), there is no longstanding tradition that supports any particular figure. This has left theologians throughout church history to make their guesses. The most popular suggestion is Paul, which is why Hebrews is placed alongside Paul’s epistles, and despite what …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4heVeKt8MBBNcEwM3sB5L8?si=Ru7EF7RkQY2c0Xvw15_PsA When Rings of Power, Amazon's Lord of the Rings series, was first released, I fully intended to write down some of my thoughts, especially to see if my predictions were correct. But after pushing myself through all eight episodes, I simply couldn't bring myself to spend any further brain cells on something so, to …
Continue reading AI Isn’t Becoming Personal; We’re Becoming Artificial
A few months ago, my eldest daughter finished listening to part two of Little Pilgrim's Big Journey for the 500th time (probably only a slight exaggeration!) and proceeded to tell my wife that she wanted a Pilgrim's Progress birthday party. Tiff and I both thought that was an excellent idea and immediately began to imagine …
Author Since Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch, or Torah, Jews and Christians throughout history have upheld Moses as the author. In recent years, many scholars have questioned the idea of one single author composing all of the first five books of the Bible; thus, the documentary hypothesis was born. Documentary hypothesists believe …
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