Crumbs from the Master's Table

"Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creatures so wild as one of his own commentators...

I recently finished reading through yet again the Gospel according to John, for something like the thirtieth time since I came first to know...

D. A. Carson: The emphasis of the Prologue, then, is on the revelation of the Word as the ultimate disclosure of God himself. That theme i...

In John 9, we read of the healing of a man born blind. We also read of the opposition of the Jewish leadership to Jesus, and of the fear of ...

D. A. Carson: The wealth of possible backgrounds to the term logos in John’s Prologue suggests that the determining factor is not this or...

"Even a cursory survey indicates that each of the Gospels is firmly yet distinctively embedded in Israel's story through its respec...

C. S. Lewis: The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself. We are told to deny ourse...

Peter Leithart: As with the synoptic problem as a whole, the issue of dating is ultimately a spiritual battle. Consider: If the gospels ar...

Peter Leithart: If the view of the church fathers explains the gospels, and does so fairly simply, why do scholars have to invent a compli...

In John Piper's sermon this last Lord's Day, he spoke of how the moral landscape is different now from when he first became a pasto...

Consider me odd, but I love creeds. A brother who filled the pulpit for our pastors this past weekend recited the Athanasian creed in his fi...

Justin Taylor links  to a recent lecture by D. A. Carson on Rev. 21-22—and also to 26 lectures on the whole book! If I'm not mistaken, I...

One of the main reasons that I believe Christianity (not cultural Christianity, I'm talking about the real deal) is utter truth is that ...

A Lutheran prayer to the Good Shepherd: O God, these are your words: There is greater joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ...

What Jesus holds out to his disciples in Jn.15:7 simply staggers the mind: "Ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." W...

A Lutheran prayer for the Father's assisting grace against the "three tempters": We have the three tempters: the flesh, the w...

A striking recounting of Saul's death is retold in 1 Chronicles 10. Striking, because we're told two truths side by side: that Saul ...

Commenting on 1 Jn. 4:16, Jonathan Edwards says this of the Spirit: The Apostle tells us that 'God is love; and he that dwelleth in lov...

First Kings 8 records Solomon's magnificent prayer at the dedication of the temple. The depths and heights of biblical theology and typo...

Martin Luther was a man who knew how to pray. And so it is good to listen to his counsel on this matter. It is especially good for those of ...