Messy Churches
One of the realities about churches is that they are messy. Even – especially – the good ones. I’ve always liked what Eugene Peterson said about pastoring:
Pastoral work consists of modest, daily, assigned
Lectures to My Students
I’ve been meaning to read Spurgeon’s Lectures to My Students for years, and I’m finally reading it now. I’ve read lots of books on pastoring, but I have never
The Gospel’s Answer to Evil
Yesterday I quoted Trevin Wax: “To people wrestling with the problem of evil: God didn’t come to explain evil; he came to utterly destroy it.” This is a profound reminder that the
Some Observations on The Problem of Evil
Last week I posed the question: how does God’s sovereignty relate to the natural evil (disasters, diseases) and to moral evil? I’ve suggested that Scripture presents two seemingly contradictory truths: God
Frame: God’s Eternal Plan Takes Creaturely Integrity Into Account
From John Frame in The Doctrine of God:
The human life you live has its own significance, surely granted by God, but different from God’s own significance and in that sense dependent