One thing I have been really searching for in my reading for the past year or so is to grasp the surrounding context of the biblical events. I’ve been spending a good bit of time with my nose in the biblical atlas and the encyclopedia, trying to fill in the gaps. One of the things I’ve noticed is there was…
There’s been a quote by D.A. Carson making the rounds on the blogosophere, most recently here (emphasis not mine): Martyn Lloyd-Jones once spoke with a group of medical students who complained that in the midst of their training and the ferocious work hours they really didn’t even have time to read the Bible and have their devotions and so on.…
Mommy, am I going to go to Hell because I didn’t take my nap? –Ellie, age 4 I posted this little quote on Facebook yesterday and it gathered no comments or likes, and I deleted it again after realizing that it probably sounded really stark and silly at a single glance. What bizarre theology am I teaching her that…