Musings

This Advent season I've been musing on the unexpectedness of the arrival of Christ. It's really quite curious that God should find it fitting to come to earth as a screaming, wriggling, blood-covered baby who couldn't even hold up his own head. It…

The Psalms are an odd bird in the biblical canon; not only do we have trouble in referring to them (is it Psalm 32 or Psalms 32?), we're not even really sure what to do with them content-wise. Are they supposed to comfort us? A mere expression of our…

Mmm. Well said, John Brown. Well said. I know the vanity of your heart, and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small, in comparison with those of your brethren around you; but assure yourself on the word of an old man, that…

DISCLAIMER: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for the purpose of this review. The modern church is an interesting paradox. We've become cooler, more flashy, and more attractive so that those who were bored and uninterested by the…

His cure was wide, with houses far asunder; But never did he fail, in rain or thunder, In sickness and in mischance, to visit all, The furthest in his parish, great or small, Upon his feet, with staff in hand for aid. -Chaucer, Canterbury Tales

Here is an excerpt from an interview with Paul Washer that will make your heart leap for Christ: The person that I most admire is Jesus Christ. He is the only perfect Person. There is simply no comparison. The difference between Him and all other men…

...You'd take the Bible literally. Right? I know that by adding "Right" there, I'm immediately alienating most theologically conservative and/or fundamentalist Christians right off the bat. I can just hear it now: "Ben's become one of them crazy…

Next time you don't have any scissors handy, try this trick.

DISCLAIMER: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for the purpose of this review. How hard could it be to read a book? How hard could it be to read one book in particular, namely, the Bible? Sometimes it seems crazy to think that we need…

http://vimeo.com/63653873 If you haven't seen this yet, it's pretty remarkable. A team of folks created a moving timelapse film. It's breathtaking, though!