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October 2011

October 05, 2011

Mariology

The recent post on "The Pope on Luther" led to a discussion of Luther's views...

September 2011

September 27, 2011

The third use of the Law

Continuing our series on the Law, in which we discussed the civil use (as curb;...

September 26, 2011

The second use of the Law

Let's do a series on God's Law. . . .Last time we discussed the first...

September 23, 2011

The first use of the Law

We've talked about the second use of the Law (which convicts us of our sin...

September 20, 2011

Evil eyes

As you will have noticed, I am interested in language, idioms, figures of speech, and...

September 07, 2011

The greatest in the kingdom of Heaven

More great preaching from our pastor, Rev. Douthwaite, on the text Matthew 18:1-20. Read it...

September 05, 2011

Pleasure in toil as God’s gift to man

Your theme for Labor Day, I mean, Vocation Day: What gain has the worker from...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

The King James Bible at 400

My long-time friend Leland Ryken has an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal on...

August 30, 2011

Not tasting death until Christ comes in His Kingdom

There is that passage in Matthew 16 in which Jesus says that there are among...

August 29, 2011

“Get behind me, Satan!”

What we heard from Pastor Douthwaite on Sunday, preaching on Matthew 16:21-28: “Get behind me,...

August 23, 2011

The Common English Bible

A new Bible translation is now available, the Common English Bible. Check out the website,...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

The tomb of one of the Disciples?

Archeologists may have discovered the tomb of one of Christ's Twelve Disciples. Tradition says that...

July 28, 2011

You have already been judged

Our pastor, Rev. James Douthwaite, is on vacation, so my son-in-law from Australia, Rev. Adam...

July 22, 2011

Any Kindle suggestions?

I'm becoming a regular high-tech kind of guy, though at least I'm a late adopter. ...

July 13, 2011

Digging up the Philistines

Archaeologists have been excavating the city of Gath and learning details about the Israelite's arch-enemy...

July 04, 2011

Rendering to Caesar and to God

Happy Independence Day! The birthday of our nation would be a good time to contemplate...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

Jesus vs. Family

The New Testament reading at church last Sunday was Matthew 10:34- 39. Pastor Douthwaite pointed...

June 13, 2011

Pentecost questions

Yesterday was Pentecost, the day the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Church. In...

June 07, 2011

10,000 Adams and Eves

Thus far the main controversy between Christianity and mainline scientists has been over evolution. Many...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Nature & Grace in “The Tree of Life”

The movie that took the top prize at Cannes is entitled The Tree of Life. ...

May 26, 2011

Christless Christianity

On Sunday, Pastor Douthwaite at our church gave one of the best comments on the...

May 23, 2011

Who was left behind?

I'm writing this on Saturday morning, but I've set it up so that the post...

May 23, 2011

Harold Camping speaks

I was afraid Harold Camping would disappear, making it look like he, at least, was...

May 20, 2011

Will you vanish on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.?

Tomorrow, May 21, in the year of our Lord 2011, the rapture will occur. According...

May 04, 2011

Urban Legends pastors tell

As I've often complained, a major way that urban legends get spread around is as...

May 02, 2011

“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven”

The readings in church last Sunday included this passage from John 20: 19 On the...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

You’ve got to read this book

For Lent I took up once again John Kleinig's Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today....

April 22, 2011

He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows

On this Good Friday I urge you to read and to meditate upon that astonishing...

April 22, 2011

Easter and Baptism

Did you realize that you were buried in the tomb with Jesus? And that on...

April 20, 2011

Maundy Wednesday?

This would harmonize an alleged inconsistency in the inerrant Bible: Colin Humphreys of Cambridge University...