Daryl Hart writes about why he finds talk of revivals problematic: Revival itself is a confusing metaphor for spiritual life. It suggests someone who was alive, died, and is now brought back to life. How helpful can it be to use this image with reference to a person who is not regenerate? And just as …
Last month I spent five Sundays teaching mgpc to sing the Gloria Patri as a doxology (short song of trinitarian praise/affirmation which we sing each week after we’ve stated the Apostles’ Creed or something similar). It was a bit of a struggle, but we got there. Here’s a short story which Nathan Bingham recounts involving …
John Paton, pioneer Gospel missionary to Vanuatu is much-loved by Australian Presbyterians. Here Ligon Duncan recounts a story about Paton which he suggest provides a contrast by which the love of God for His children can be understood. As Derek [Thomas] preached from 2 Corinthians 8 this morning, and especially as he exhorted us to …
In the church year Epiphany marks the visit of the magi (wise men/three kings) who come and worship the infant Jesus. As points out their visit implicitly demonstrates the fallacy of thinking that all you need is more knowledge to find the comfort of God’s salvation. The scholars and people knew a king had been …
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