Just today Iraq names a new president which was followed with a double car bombing in Baghdad, Ukrainian prime minister announces his resignation, and Reuven Rivlin is appointed as Israel’s new president. “He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives […]
Those who have addicted themselves to the study of Nature, and have despised the Word, certainly cannot claim such immunity from mistake as to demand a revision of Scripture interpretation every time they enthrone a new hypothesis. The history of philosophy, from the beginning until now, […]
Christ’s heart-cry prayer in John 17 brings to focus with unique clarity a very significant tension that has marked the whole history of the church, namely that we are in and not of the world. One danger is to abuse the fact that we are “in […]
In meditating on John 17, and the emphasis that Christ places on the ‘oneness’ of His redeemed, my heart is reminded of the great importance of the local assembly of saints. The church, despite all our personal flaws and failings, is a marvelous creation of God. […]
A crab tree will never yield pleasant fruit, until you change the nature of it. Take a crab tree and plant it in the best soil that you have, and water it, and dress it, and prune it as much as you can, yet this crab […]