Nature’s Supreme Commander

20060813

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have [...]

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Review: Steve Brown’s What Was I Thinking?

20060812

I read this excellent little book on the Internet Monk’s recommendation, never having even heard of Steve Brown before. I’m glad I did, and I’ll be sure to read his other books as well.
At first I thought this book was going to be a bit boring. The full title is, What Was I [...]

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Confession

20060616

Bruised knees
beset and overwhelmed
by guilt
lack of self-control
desire for self-righteousness
a cacophony of thoughtsandimagesandalltoomildrepentance
And he picks out
the whimper
for relief
from myself
it doesn’t come from
feeling bad enough
chanting the right mantra
pleading the right bargain
The Son is forced
upon my mind
and my heart
clears
right
up

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Faith Not Without Reason

20060417

Why should anyone believe in the Resurrection of Jesus? It seems a popular question to ask around Easter. The disciple, Thomas, said in John 20:25, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will [...]

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Good Friday 2006

20060414

Today we commemorate one of the most extraordinary events in the history of the cosmos—the crucifixion of the God-man, Jesus the Messiah. Extraordinary in part because it is at once among the worst and greatest events ever to take place. Worst because it was the conspiracy of all humanity to kill the most righteous man, [...]

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John Cassian

20060217

(This is a longish paper I wrote for seminary that got filed away somewhere a long time ago over at monergism.com… hope it’s helpful!)
John Cassian’s Response to Augustinianism
John Cassian was a zealous monk whose theology (unfortunately, one might say) has been massively influential on the church’s understanding of the whole of the gospel since the [...]

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The Righteous and the Wicked

20060205

The Mountain
looms up
beyond the horizon.
The wasteland howls.
The chaff is driven
here
and there.
The seed falls to the ground
and dies,
but is not shaken.
The sapling stretches up,
planted by a stream
flowing from
The Mountain,
which looms a little closer.
The tree forgets the howling
when the shadow of
The Mountain
falls across its leaves.
But the chaff is always driven
here
and there.
The Mountain
looms closer,
but still beyond the horizon.
The [...]

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Don’t Tarry Till You’re Better

20060124

In church yesterday, as part of our corporate confession of sin, we sang a song by Joseph Hart. Below are the lyrics and some commentary. My hope is that this post sheds some light on our sin nature and the good news of the full assurance of pardon we can have in Christ.
Come, [...]

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Review: C. S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy

20060106

I grew up loving to read science fiction and fantasy like The Chronicles of Narnia. I read them over and over again, even though I wasn’t a Christian and had no idea about the great symbolism involved. But I hadn’t read The Space Trilogy. There may have been one time I tried, but it was [...]

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When Your Values Are Threatened

20051129

I read an article on the BBC’s website this morning about the recent Vatican document prohibiting active homosexuals from entering seminary or the priesthood. There was a page for reader comments, and the list of (primarily hostile) remarks grew extraordinarily quickly.
The prevailing sentiments were that the Catholic Church is “medieval,” “outdated,” “narrow minded” in publishing [...]

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