To say “I am a Christian” is to say a lot, and saying it in the wrong setting, or with the wrong intention, or while in the wrong relationship to what (and whom) the term rightly refers to, is dangerous.
Category Archives: Faith and life
No, you do not have a right to your own opinion
Habitual insistence on the sovereignty of one’s own (or one’s own faction’s) opinion is incompatible with Christian discipleship and culpably destructive of Christian community.
Newnesses
Better than “happy new year” . . .
Remembering a funeral at a wedding
Every morning my iPad Pro somehow chooses a picture to feature in the little photos gadget on its home screen. This morning it is this photo from July 21, 2021. Here my mother, Dolores, is seated on the little side deck of her house in Hopewell VA with my niece Lauren. This is the houseContinue reading “Remembering a funeral at a wedding”
The good news in Psalm 126
A Christian reading of Psalm 126.
Thanksgiving: a lesson from Psalm 107
Thanksgiving isn’t just a day. It is the fundamental, permanent stance of a follower of God.
In Memoriam: Gordon D. Fee
Gordon Fee was an Eerdmans author. He was also my teacher. Here is my brief tribute—along with some memorabilia that my fellow Fee fans and NICNT fans may appreciate.
Through the storm
What if you are in a storm, surrounded by enemies and headed for shipwreck? And what difference does it make if God is there in the storm with you?
All those who practice it (Psalm 111)
Psalm 111 is a beautiful psalm of praise. It praises the character of God not as an abstraction but as manifested in God’s works. Note the recurrence of “works,” “work,” “deeds,” and various action verbs (highlighted in pink in the photo). Note also that among God’s works are God’s precepts. God not only gives foodContinue reading “All those who practice it (Psalm 111)”
Needing redemption (Psalm 137)
The bright burning intensity of righteous anger may still fail to illuminate our desperate need for reconciliation. (a post by Jeff HansPetersen)
Verba Sparsa 