The phrase “the Chicago Olympics” (at least for the foreseeable future) refers only to a fantasy. Yet, thousands of people in Chicago poured their heart and soul into bringing the Olympics to Chicago and then stood broken-hearted and stunned (gobsmacked) as they . . . Continue reading →
Assurance
Horror Films Online
Well, not quite but they might be to some. First, the video clip of my Reformation Day sermon from a couple of years ago was removed from YouTube (how bad must one be to be removed from YouTube?) and re-posted. It’s now . . . Continue reading →
Can I Have Assurance?
Joel asks, “Is it possible for a person to want/desire to know Christ as his/her Savior and not be among the elect?” 21. What is true faith? True faith is not only a certain knowledge whereby I hold for truth all that . . . Continue reading →
For Believers Who Have Lost a Child in Infancy
Martin understands.
True Assurance v "American" Assurance
Wes White has a great meditation for the Lord’s Day.
New in the Bookstore: Getting the Blues
There is a nasty, often unspoken law in American evangelical Christianity. It’s a kind of gnosticism – a secret knowledge that some have and others, such as I, apparently don’t have. That law is that we’re supposed to be happy all the . . . Continue reading →
Did God Leave Me When I Enrolled in Seminary?
Ryan at Sola Gratia raises questions that many first-semester seminary students ask. In essence the question/problem is this: Before I came to seminary I had an active devotional life and a vital, immediate, experience of God and now things have changed. I . . . Continue reading →
Paul Schaefer on William Perkins
Paul is one of the finest scholars I know. He’ also chairman of the Religion Dept. at Grove City College. He’s been my rabbi for years. Thanks to Inwoo for these gems from Paul on Perkins.
Sweetness from the "Sweet Dropper"
Andrew Compton has some choice quotes