These are interesting words to ponder when you consider how strongly we tend to identify ourselves with one specific theological camp or another…… A Sincere Admonition by Martin Luther to All Christians to Guard Against Insurrection and Rebellion 1522 After the Diet of Worms, Luther went into hiding at the Wartburg Castle.  While there, he [...]

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This passage resounded with me as I finished reading Our Bible. Every heart is a pantheon:  idol stands by the side of idol, and in each heart is an altar on which is inscribed, “To an unknown God.”  The idols, pride, ambition, lust, stand side by side.  These must be thrown down. Father, I pray [...]

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Every now and then I get the itch to work through some of the books I acquired back in the day from the library of my wife’s late grandfather.  He was a pastor in the Baptist General Conference for more than 40 years and had amassed quite a collection in his time.  The latest of [...]

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The only way in which it is possible to “feed on Christ” is through the Word of God.  Simply to study the Bible from an intellectual standpoint in order to know it, is not to feed on Him and, moreover, such study is not sufficient. In the Shadow of Grace:  The Life and Meditations of [...]

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Many Christians today lack grounding in the riches of church history. We may find ourselves “rootless and drifting in a barren secular and ecclesiastical landscape.” The church fathers offer us context and tradition that will help establish the roots we need. They do so by taking us deeper into the rich resources of Scripture, helping [...]

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