One Eternal Day

"O’er all those wide extended plains / Shines one eternal day;
     "There God the Son forever reigns / And scatters night away."

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Standfast

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I have been re-reading the John Buchan thriller from which I took my blogging pseudonym, Mr. Standfast  (it was only after I had done so th...
Friday, May 30, 2008

A solution, not an explanation

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The Shack is an allegory that depicts the persons of the Trinity. Collin Hansen responds to the book in "The Trinity: So What?" ...

This light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory

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What is "prayer time" like in your church? In mine, as in the church below, it is dominated by requests related to illness and the...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Free exercise

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Although almost never enforced, there is a provision in the tax code that threatens the tax exempt status of churches that support or oppose...
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Joy is the uproarious labor by which all things live

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John Piper celebrates G.K. Chesterton's birthday (tomorrow, he was born on May 29, 1874) by recommending GKC's book Orthodoxy , f...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Scary and intense - but not gory

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Some of us have been rather concerned that Guillermo del Toro, given his answer — "I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don'...

Alive even in death....dead even in life

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Christianity makes sense only if this life is lived in the context of eternity. Spengler, at Asia Times , reviews Resurrection: The Power o...
Monday, May 26, 2008

C.S. Lewis for adults

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Via Evangelical Outpost , Agent Intellect has noticed the attention the Narnia books have received because of the films, but I thought i...

In Memoriam

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Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial Day wa...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

The Stennetts

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The Reformed Reader, a website which describes itself as "committed to historic Baptist beliefs," includes a very interesting on...

The Gospel of Judas

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The Gospel of Judas , we were told by National Geographic , portrays not a traitor but a hero who was doing exactly what Jesus wanted him...
Friday, May 23, 2008

No overlap

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From Religion News Service : Former French presidential candidate Segolene Royal is apparently quite miffed that the Parisian mag Match ...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sabbath Recorder June 2008

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The June, 2008, Sabbath Recorder is available online here as a pdf . This month's issue of The Sabbath Recorder has a youth emphasis -...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

"If everything is a priority, then nothing is."

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Commenting on those Evangelicals [and he could have included Catholics] who argue that abortion is only one among many issues about which we...
Monday, May 19, 2008

"What's missing is Jesus"

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There is nothing wrong with Veggie Tales - in fact there is a great deal of good - but they don't present the gospel, and if we go no f...

Caspian Delivers

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Trevin Wax liked Prince Caspian . I hope to see it soon. Caspian Delivers « Kingdom People
Sunday, May 18, 2008

"Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents"

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David Wells, author of The Courage to Be Protestant , was interviewed by Collin Hansen at Christianity Today . Excerpts: Why does it take ...
Friday, May 16, 2008

Beliefs have consequences

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If you believe you should, often you will: A new study shows that people of faith in America have a huge heart in terms of giving to Third ...

"Is it easy to love God?"

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From Timothy Keller's The Reason for God [pp. 47-50]: One of the principles of love—either love for a friend or romantic love—is tha...

Better on film

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Frederica Mathewes-Green likes the movie of Prince Caspian better than C.S. Lewis's book: Every once in awhile, a movie improves ...
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"I thought we had an honest man upon the Road, and therefore should have his Company by and by." "If you thought not amiss" said Standfast "how happy am I, but if I be not as I should, I alone must bear it."
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