Work

The first “real” job that I ever had was working the snack bar at a local pool. It was a Continue reading →

God Is Not Mischievous

Let me tell you about one of my wife’s biggest pet peeves, and then about a growing one of mine. Continue reading →

Herman Bavinck on the distinctions within God’s revelation

How is it that we can know anything about the God whose very thoughts are higher than our thoughts? (Isaiah Continue reading →

Is Jesus Christ with us or not?

Here is the latest installation of bi-weekly reflections on the Heidelberg Catechism.  As a way to mark the 450th anniversary Continue reading →

Why the hell?

Here is the latest installation of bi-weekly brief reflections on the Heidelberg Catechism.  As a way to mark the 450th Continue reading →

Nourished in body and soul at the table of the Lord

I’m posting this on Maundy Thursday, a day when Christians around the world gather to sit together at the Lord’s Continue reading →

Neuroscience, free will, and Reformed theology

As John Calvin used to say, all truth is God’s truth, so we should not be surprised to see glimpses Continue reading →

Why aren’t you Lutheran?

“So why aren’t you a Lutheran?” That was the question asked to a candidate being examined for an interim pastoral Continue reading →