What You Believe Matters
What you believe about God changes everything. It affects how you love, work, live, marry, parent, evangelize, purchase, and worship. Is God an impersonal blob, distant and disinterested in the […]
How Is God Working in the World? Understanding Miracles and Providence
The pages of the Bible are filled with miraculous acts of God, and those who believe in the trustworthiness of Scripture surely believe in miracles. Yet today, when someone claims to have […]
Baptismal Blessing
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby teaches about the meaning and significance of baptism in the video below. He concludes with a beautiful baptismal blessing that originated from the Church […]
C. F. W. Walther: Applying Law & Gospel
C. F. W. Walther is a household name to some, but an unknown figure to many. He is largely responsible for bringing Lutheranism to the United States. According to theologian […]
Robert Farrar Capon (1925-2013)
Robert Farrar Capon, an Episcopal priest, died last night. I first read Capon when I was studying for my PhD at Emory. My advisor, Walt Lowe, turned me on to […]
The Bible and Anglican Liturgy
Carl Trueman writes that in the Anglican liturgy, one finds “a structure of worship which is determined by the interface between theological truth and biblically-defined existential need.” Trueman’s blog post […]
Apologetic of Mercy
My friend and former student, Chris Sicks, wrote an important book titled Tangible: Making God Known Through Deeds of Mercy and Words of Truth. In today’s Church there seems to […]
Why You Can Trust Your Bible
Critics who doubt the reliability and trustworthiness of the biblical accounts of Jesus’ life have issued a make-or-break challenge to the church. They ask us: “How can we be sure […]
Why Does Grace Matter?
Grace is not an abstract principle, but a reality of our life with God. As Karl Barth once emphasized: “Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.” And […]
Preaching God’s Two Words: Law & Gospel
I was invited to speak at the “Preach the Word” conference at Living Stones Church in Reno, NV, and was assigned “Preaching God’s Two Words: Law & Gospel.” I can […]