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Sacred Music
Perhaps like me, you rarely hear the two words “sacred music” much anymore. There isn’t a category for the Grammy awards called “sacred music.” I’m quite sure that almost no one knows what sacred music is. If I asked you to define “sacred music,” what would you say? Does your church use sacred music? What […]
Donald Trump Can’t Make America Great Again
People may have noticed the theme of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, “Make America Great Again.” You may also have noticed that he says it a lot. The theme resonates. He chose a good theme. I don’t know the theme of anyone else’s campaign. Do you? Donald Trump says that he will make America great again. […]
The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards
Have you ever read the resolutions of Jonathan Edwards? Have you ever resolved to follow them yourself? Edwards reportedly wrote the first portion of these resolutions when he was only 19 years old. Do you think that contributed to his godly life? Perhaps you ought to make these resolutions yourself in this new year. “Being […]
Fundamental Stupidity
Anyone who thinks straight knows that the United States of America has reached a point of a very fundamental stupidity. It is difficult to watch and hard to know how to react to it. Before I get a big lecture, I know I still have salvation and joy and that everything is going to be […]
Essential and Non-Essential Critique
Criticism can help. Some doesn’t help at all — for instance, name-calling, like the scoffers do of 2 Peter 3:3. A few weeks ago I wrote again on the essential and non-essential doctrine, and it was linked at an online forum, whose owner, Aaron Blumer, wrote a short critique. I’m happy he wrote it, because […]
Christmas Carols That Lie
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Christmas: Christians Were Against It Before They Were For It Before They Were Against It
Let me give you a summary of Christmas, writing completely off the top of my head, which is bald. One, we can be pretty sure that Jesus wasn’t born December 25th. Two, there is no history of Christmas celebration until medieval times. Three, Christmas originated with Roman Catholicism. The pope essentially invented it to compete […]
Hillsong: If Nothing Is Wrong, Then Nothing Is Wrong
Sometimes you can get your “church news” on ESPN. We don’t have cable television, so I read sports on the ESPN website, where I saw Justin Bieber was baptized in the bathtub of NBA center Tyson Chandler’s apartment in New York City. One of the hosts was wondering who the “guy on the right was,” […]
Reverent Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs–and Handel’s Messiah
Ephesians 5:18-19 states: “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” In light of this command, I thought you might be interested in my relatively recent expansion in […]
Children Scribble Scrabbling: Interpretation of History and Reformed Theology
A few weeks ago, some men commented here, offended at my characterization of the reformed, seeing it as having been disrespectful of a multitude of historic Christian figures, giants of theology and ministry. I borrowed a biblical metaphor by classifying them as children only in the sense that I was writing in that post. The […]
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