Work tends to be something we do absent-mindedly. Maybe you are currently working at your dream job and enjoy waking up each morning to get at it, but for the rest of us, work tends to be something we do out of necessity, not desire. This is especially true in the secular world and can… Continue reading A Concise Theology of Work

“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying…… Continue reading The Unashamed Savior

The Bible reading plan I am following lands me in the prophets each Friday and this morning found me in Ezekiel 8. In it, God takes Ezekiel on a journey through the streets of Jerusalem, where the iniquity of God’s people is on full display. Ezekiel sees the elders of Israel bowing down to idols… Continue reading Turning on the Temple

I woke up Friday morning to a somewhat desperate message on Facebook asking “Have you read Leithart’s article?” With an accompanying link. I glimpsed at the article and added it to my OneNote folder to read later. I did my morning Bible reading and got ready for work. Throughout the day, I got no fewer… Continue reading Keeping the Trinity One — Some Thoughts on Peter Leithart’s “Keeping the Trinity Personal”

As I have commented in the past, simply reading the Bible slowly, carefully, and with the intent to retain meaning, has tremendous benefits. Often times a text that seemed like a difficult text, or was confusing, becomes clear by simply reading the whole chapter or book in which it exists. Similarly, reading the whole Bible… Continue reading Jephthah’s Not-As-Rash-As-You-Thought Vow

Good theology leads to worship when we fully realize more truth about God. These days, a lot of my theological study gets smashed into a day that is already full of work and grading and spending time with my wife and children. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to spend eight hours in a car… Continue reading Doctrine and Doxology

I’m a Calvinist. A “new” Calvinist, I guess you could say. I wasn’t raised a Calvinist – I didn’t know what the doctrines of grace were and I couldn’t tell the difference between a sola and a Solo cup. But during my four years attending Bible college (one which leaned Calvinistic but rejected the doctrine… Continue reading A Call to Keep the Sabbath

There are a few terms that get thrown around (wrongly) in Reformed conversations, and as a result, we often bear false witness against our brothers unintentionally (or intentionally!). As Reformed Christians (or any Christians really), we ought to be concerned for God’s Law, and the 9th commandment exhorts us to speak truthfully, particularly as it relates… Continue reading Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and Arminianism… Oh My!

Ok. Go listen to this lecture, then take a nap, and then listen to it again. As I recently wrote, the doctrine of divine simplicity and its correlated doctrines of immutability and impassibility have to become a Shibboleth for our age. DeYoung absolutely nails it in this lecture at T4G 2018.

There are some questions that, when you first come across them, seem to put up devastating roadblocks against the Christian faith. I was asked one such question recently. I could tell that for this person, something that they had never before given a second thought was now front and center in their concerns. They asked me,… Continue reading O Death, Where is your Victory?