Posted in Church History, Ministry, Theology on September 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Here is a word of encouragement to those who are bearing heavy hearts:
Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own, but belong - body and soul, in life and in death - to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with [...]
Posted in Academia, Church History, Edwards on June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As some of you know, I have developed a healthy obsession with Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) over the last year. Today as I was reading Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, the following paragraph struck me as a succinct summary of Edwards’ contribution to Christian thought:
Edwards’s efforts to think in comprehensive terms about the [...]
Posted in Academia, Church History, Culture, Theology on May 10, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Nathan Finn posted a question on his blog not too long ago entitled, “Defining Fundamentalism,” where he requested his readers to supply some rudimentary definitions of fundamentalism. In the spirit of Finn-ness, I present today’s post.
This afternoon I began reading America’s God by Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre [...]
Posted in Academia, Church History, Theology on April 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hot on the heels of Passion Week, Pope Benedict XVI today released his new book, Jesus of Nazareth. An academic study of early Christianity and the relevant documentary evidence, the Pope’s work is rumored to be a powerful rebuttal to the recent flurries which have arisen in popular circles over the Talpioth Tomb, the Da Vinci [...]
Posted in Church History, Theology on February 15, 2007 | No Comments »
As part of the Theology of Anselm course I am taking under Dr. David Hogg at Southeastern Seminary, I’ve been reading his Prayers and Meditations. Read and meditate on Anselm’s (1033-1109) words as he reflects on the Christian life:
Consider, O my soul, and hear, all that is within me, how much my whole being owes to [...]
Posted in Church History, Culture on December 22, 2006 | No Comments »
A new movie about the life of William Wilberforce, who believed that his Christian faith obligated him to work for the abolition of slavery in Britain.
Posted in Church History on December 20, 2006 | No Comments »
I have decided to begin a weekly post series. Each Wednesday I will post a Link of the Week, consisting of the most helpful, interesting, or simply funniest site I have come across the web in the previous 168 hours.
The Link of the Week is…..The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University. I came across this [...]
