Countercultural Gospel Competition
We live in a world that competes for honor. Social media is essentially a daily referendum on who is most impressive, gets the most attention, and is the most followed. We curate images, craft narratives,
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Prayer of the Wicked
“Ought a wicked man to pray?” The declaimer who denied this position seems to have had an eye to those passages of Scripture which declare “the sacrifice and way of the wicked to be an
Around the Horn (May 21)
You Can't Love the Church in the Abstract In this article from Christianity Today, we see how the congregation is the place where Christianity is concretized. Matthew Lowe writes, "With real people, parking lots, budgets,
No Smiley Face Masks at Church
Many wear their Smiley Face mask to church every Sunday. Not because they are joyful. Because they are hiding. Everything looks fine on the surface. Smiling. Polished. Put together. We know how to say the
Outdoing One Another the Gospel Way (12:9-16)
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Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Sonship of Christ
The meaning of the terms, “Son of God,” and “only begotten Son of God,” must needs be of importance, inasmuch as the belief of the idea signified by them was made a leading article in
Around the Horn (May 14)
Performative Busyness "I’ve spent my whole career as a “knowledge worker,” and I have seen it go poorly when some organizations (or individuals within organizations) try to measure the productivity of knowledge workers like they’re
She Let Him Go (Exodus 2:1-10)
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Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Nature of Regeneration
“Does the Spirit of God, in regeneration, produce a new principle in the heart, or only impart a new light in the understanding!” The question, as stated by your correspondent, I consider as important, and
Around the Horn (May 7)
Preach to the Choir In this post Seth Trout are that "preachers must, and should, feel free to “preach to the choir” without shame or apology for three reasons: the choir needs preaching, the choir