Category Archives: theological

Why Divine Election Makes Our Story Better

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Take Your First Lessons on Election from Genesis I’m doing a lot of pondering election while preaching through Genesis. I have a couple of thoughts. I think the way CRC folks talk and think about election isn’t very Biblical. Genesis … Continue reading →

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When Work and Worship Are One

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

My friend John Van Sloten preaches and writes about vocation regularly. He just posted another piece at ThinkChristian. His post triggered a question I often ponder: why did God bother to make this enormous cosmos? Anyone with a bit of … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing Knowledge of God

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

A Casual, Drowsy Grasp on the Almighty On my flight home from GR Wednesday night “The Life of Pi” was playing. In an early scene Pi’s uncle has told the Canadian reporter to hear Pi’s story and then he will … Continue reading →

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Christianity and Theological Diversity

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

It is not uncommon to hear a call from some American Christians asking that the church embrace greater theological diversity. Tim Keller’s sermon “The Gospel to the African” when he cited Lamin Sanneh’s work got me thinking about this promotion … Continue reading →

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This is Why We Pray

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Calvin-In-Common  had a discussion on David Remnick’s piece in the New Yorker on the seeming death to the two state solution. I’m preaching on Genesis 3 this week and pondering relational conflict. Conflict is something important to learn, but seldom fun … Continue reading →

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Why I Need Canon in our World Flooded With Texts and Voices

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

Our Problem with Canon I have not yet read Rachel Held Evan’s latest book but I think I get at least one of her points in it. She is saying to the church and the Christian community “your use of canon … Continue reading →

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Of Starbucks and Calvinism, The Difference Between What I Want and What I Need

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Got this wonderful link from my friend Eric Dirksen on The Starbucks Lifestyle. It nicely illuminated the heart of the consumer mindset. It also struck me how badly I’ve wanted my church to be as welcoming, comfortable, popular, accepting, popular, … Continue reading →

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Why did God make the world?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Joy, and the chance to be God more than he could with just the Trinity. Wrote this in response to Russ at “The Village“ I hope this comes as a response to Russ’ “net negative” essay. To me the answer … Continue reading →

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The Self Illusion or the Author and His Story

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

You are not what you think you are In Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller Memento, Leonard Shelby attempts to avenge his wife’s murder. During the murder, however, Leonard suffered a blow to the head that left him unable to create new … Continue reading →

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Eschatological Foundationalism together with infra and supra

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

It’s funny what sticks and what doesn’t. In Peter Leithart’s piece on Confessionalism as a gateway drug to RC conversion, I caught the reference to Fergus Kerr and Thomas as an”eschatological foundationalist”. A number of years ago through the wonderful … Continue reading →

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