Andrew Fuller Friday: Thoughts on Obedience to Government
[Written in March, 1808.] The question proposed for discussion is,—Whether the obedience to civil government required in the Scriptures, includes attachment. It certainly does not include attachment to any thing but what is declared to
Andrew Fuller Friday: A Word to Christians
Beloved Brethren! It is witnessed of David, that he “served the will of God in his generation.” Every generation has its peculiar work. The present age is distinguished, you know, by the progress of infidelity.
Around the Horn (October 22)
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Revisiting the Prophetic Work of Neil Postman Referencing Neil Postman's prophetic work, in this post, Casey Chalk notes, "Thirty-five years ago, New York University professor of communications Neil Postman predicted the
The Perfect One and Perfectionism
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Christian Virtue vs. Non-Christian Living
How is it that, in countries where Christianity has made progress, men have almost universally agreed in reckoning a true Christian, and an amiable, open, modest, chaste, conscientious, and benevolent character, as the same thing?
Around the Horn (October 15)
The Call—and Cost—of Beautiful Church Community In this post, Irwyn Ince notes, "Experiencing community means experiencing a sense of belonging, of welcome and embrace, a sense of being at home. It’s the exact opposite of
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Motivation for a Virtuous Life
So long as our adversaries profess a regard to virtue, and, with Lord Bolingbroke,‡ acknowledge that “the gospel is in all cases one continued lesson of the strictest morality, of justice, of benevolence, and of
Around the Horn (October 8)
Why Study Church History? In this post, Pastor Andy Davis writes, "Now, I am well aware that not everyone shares my excitement for church history. Some of my brothers and sisters are into other things
