In reading the opening chapter in The Church by Edmund Clowney, I encountered this paragraph: "To be sure, if the church rather than Christ becomes the centre of our devotion, spiritual decay has begun. A doctrine of the church that does not centre … [Continue reading]
Question 18 asks, "What is sinful about man's fallen condition?" I actually prefer the original answer to this one which is, "The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’ s first sin, the want of original … [Continue reading]
Those who regularly read this blog have probably realized that over the last year, posts have been rather sporadic. I took a long break between Memorial Day and Labor Day and haven't posted very regularly since coming back to it in September. I … [Continue reading]
I must confess that I am sometimes intimidated about praying in a church gathering such as a prayer meeting or small group. My brain is not wired to call up Old Testament images about restoring what the locusts have eaten or calling down mighty … [Continue reading]
