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Born Bound
The fifth commandment requires the preserving the honor and performing the duties belonging to everyone, so says the WSC, whether they be our superior, inferior, or equal. Our envious age is violently opposed to the idea of superiors, and we … Continue reading
Reversing Babel
Way back in Genesis eleven, at the tower of Babel, the people were united in mind and will to do evil, and God foiled them by dividing them. In Acts 2, God reverses this curse by sending out His word … Continue reading
Fire Falls on Altars
On Pentecost, like at Mt. Carmel, the fire of God fell. In both cases the Lord gathered the people called by His name together and demonstrated His power by sending fire on an unlikely place in order to bring them … Continue reading
Eat and Drink Courage
This meal is a proclamation, Paul said so: when we eat and drink, we proclaim the Lord’s death. It’s like a trumpet blast which echoes through the cosmos. We declare the death of our Lord and Master. We point to … Continue reading
Fear and Forgetfulness
It’s easy to forget what you’re doing. Easy to walk into a room and then stare off into space perplexedly, wondering why you came in there and why you’re holding a hammer. This is a classic danger when heroes go … Continue reading
He Who Loves His Life…
Jesus said that unless a grain of wheat goes into the tomb, unless it dies and is buried, it remains alone. In other words, the way God multiplies is by death. From the very beginning this is so. God multiplied … Continue reading
Don’t Gnaw on Rocks
The old old story is true as ever, it is as true as bread, as true as wine. The story of Christ risen from the dead is as familiar as the sunrise, and as miraculous as the sunrise. This story … Continue reading
Exhortation: Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday. On this day the church has traditionally celebrated and remembered Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey before his crucifixion. It is the Passover season, the highest of the feasts, and Jerusalem is stuffed with … Continue reading
Triumph and Gifts
The name “Triumphal Entry” is not in the bible. It is added later by church fathers who noted the similarity between this event and something in the surrounding culture: the Roman Triumph. In ancient Rome, which prized military glory above … Continue reading
Exhortation: Worship
We sometimes refer to the Lord’s Day gathering of the saints as a “worship service” wherein we serve the Lord by giving Him our worship. But what is worship exactly? The term gets a bit slippery. Some will say that … Continue reading
Of Shoes and Ships 