Eerdmans holiday gift flowchart
Eerdmans claims that 42% of shoppers will give books as gifts this holiday season, and they seem to think they’ve published just the right thing for anyone on your list (and they might be right). To help you navigate their…
advent
“With God there is joy, and from him it comes down and seizes spirit, soul, and body. And where this joy has seized a person, it reaches out around itself, it pulls others along, it bursts through closed doors. There…
Schaeffer, Franky, and Bachmann
This month there have been three articles published, each of which deals with three persons, one of whom—the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer—was a friend and teacher of mine. The articles in order appeared in The New Yorker (“Leap of Faith”…
The Jesus Storybook Bible
In last Sunday’s sermon, Tim made reference to “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones and the underlying theme of “every story whispers his name.” There is another recurring phrase that paints a beautiful picture of God’s redeeming work in…
Marking The Days That Have Marked Us
“We choose to mark (certain) dates because in some way they have marked us.” – Bobby Gross Everyone has certain dates that are charged with meaning. Consider children and birthdays or wives and wedding anniversaries. Then there’s baseball fans and…
Meet the Speaker
Vigen Guroian is Professor of Religious Studies in Orthodox Christianity at the University of Virginia. He’s the author of nine books and has contributed over 200 articles to journals, magazines, books, and newspaper on subjects from liturgy to bioethics….
Living on the Other Side of the Line
One of the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer’s “Schaefferisms”—terms he coined that he was particularly fond of– was “the line of despair.” If you want to understand it as he meant it, you will need to read a little of his…