Crumbs from the Master's Table

 In the final chapter of  A Theology of James : Wisdom for God's People , Christopher Morgan draws out "four broader aspects of Jam...

"The cause of a given outcome is an empirical question, whose answer requires untangling many complex factors, rather than simply point...

"We need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need...

Commenting on Nebuchadnezzar's strategy of defeating Jerusalem, as recorded in Dan. 1:3–7, Sinclair Ferguson observes: Nebuchadnezzar...

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." This proverb comes from the Christian Scriptures. Specifi...

In the vein of Ambrose Bierce's The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary : Reformation Day, n. That one day of the year when Protestants ...

"Each of us is conditioned in our hearing and reading of God's Word by our cultural-linguistic location. Nevertheless, the most dec...

"It is possible to hold a high view of biblical authority and sufficiency in theory while yielding a magisterial role in practice to so...

Many attempts to explain what a worldview is fall short of doing the phenomenon justice. And part of the problem is that the word itself (w...

"Pastors have to help their congregations read culture so that we know what forces are trying to shape us. I believe tha...

Obama is not a Muslim. Let's get serious. But nor is he a Christian. Do not be deceived. He's a secularist through and through. His ...

"If you do not die first, you will have time to do it. If you die before you it is done, you don't need to do it" (Bloom, Begi...

"If Nietzsche had not ended in imbecility, Nietzsheism would end in imbecility. Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an i...

The Atlantic recently published How Reliable Are Psychology Studies?  It's an illuminating article, well worth your time, with helpful a...

It is not unusual for (post)modern evangelicals to sound the alarms arm in arm with the secularists about the pending doom of creation if we...

A redemptive strategy for engaging readers and hearers is summed up in these six communication tasks: 1. Know the people with whom you are...

I participated in a peaceful Planned Parenthood protest today in Aurora, IL, which was part of a  nationwide protest effort . It went well. ...

Here's a portion from Timothy P. George's powerful piece over at Patheos, "A Franciscan Moment,"  which speaks into the di...

A sober piece by Ross Douthat of the New York Times:  "Looking Away From Abortion." Here's an excerpt: The reluctance to l...

R. R. Reno: The Obama administration is staffed by people whose skin colors and ethnic backgrounds make them look very different from the...