How to make sure you make it.

by | Sep 7, 2020 | Spiritual Life

The other night I read this sentence in Thomas Oden’s book Classic Christianity: “The Christian life requires simple surrender of the will to God on a continuing basis.” There is so much in that one sentence–so much that is true. How will you...

Bound into the Shared Reality

by | Aug 20, 2020 | Spiritual Life

Here’s more gold from Alec Motyer. Reading Isaiah 56:1-12, he asks, what are the distinctive marks of God’s people? His answer: First personal decision, (“joined himself to the Lord”, v. 3, 6), and love of his name (v.6), the determination to...

Reasons to Not Trash People

by | Aug 5, 2020 | Spiritual Life

The other day I ran into this article by Anthony Esolen, in which he translated an old teaching on why we shouldn’t speak badly about others, or, as the author puts it, why we shouldn’t “speak ill” of each other. He says: “The following...

You Don’t Have to Be Impressive

by | Jul 24, 2020 | Culture, Spiritual Life

Who is the most important person in the Bible? Jesus, of course. Now—make a list of the other really important people in the story the Bible tells. I bet you won’t get too deep before you name David and Paul. Here’s an interesting fact about all three: It is...