When I serving a congregation in Kansas City, as I remember it, a local mega-church pastor hooked himself up to a garage-door opener. At the right time in the service, someone hit the remote and up went the pastor.
A Real Communion Rail
At the Outhouse.
Encouragement for Small Congregations
Thanks to Shane for reminding us of some earlier work by William Willimon.
Witsius: Crucified
At Creed or Chaos
I Hope This Happened
Via Adiaphora: “[W. H.] Auden was delighted to read [Joseph] Campbell on the hero in 1946. In 1953 Campbell lectured at Smith and said that Jesus and the Buddha were the same in effect: they were both attacked by spears, but in . . . Continue reading →
Blogging Twin Lakes
The Twin Lakes Fellowship is coming up and there’s a blog to keep track of it (HT: NIck Batzig)
Kuyper on Scripture
Andrew is reading Kuyper
Richard is Reading RRC
He’s interested in “Word and sacrament ministry.”
Cultists at the Door and Holy Week
A couple of well-dressed, polite, well-spoken young men came to my door today. They could have been Mormons (there are a great lot of them out west) but these fellows happened to be Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Herman Witsius on Christ's Suffering
At C or C
Sinclair Ferguson on "Risking the Truth"
Martin Downes has a book coming out and Sinclair Ferguson has written the foreword, which is online now.
Sinclair Ferguson on "Risking the Truth"
Martin Downes has a book coming out and Sinclair Ferguson has written the foreword, which is online now.
Sometimes Offer Means Offer
At James Durham Thesis
Cost Dropping for Flights to Geneva (for Calvin500)
One upside of the economic downturn.
Preaching Christ According to the Confession of Bern (1532)
G. Vos did not invent Christ-centered preaching. The Confession of Bern has some pointed words about the centrality of Christ to Reformed preaching.
Brakel on Justifying Faith
At the Reformed Reader
This looks Good
Kevin DeYoung’s new book, Just Do Something.
Calvin on Christ’s Active Obedience
From Institutes 2.16.5 (Battles edn): Now someone asks, How has Christ abolished sin, banished the separation between us and God, and acquired righteousness to render God favorable and kindly toward us? To this we can in general reply that he has achieved . . . Continue reading →
Why Johnny Can't Preach (6)
Part 5 The situation is not hopeless. In the history of the church, those times when she has prospered are those times when, in the midst of a low point, she has engaged in reflection and self-criticism (95). What is needed here . . . Continue reading →
Calvin's Commentaries Online
At CCEL via e-sword (HT: Calvin500).