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Anxiety

Viral Anxiety Requires Infectious Wisdom

At the time I write this, many in the United States are under some kind of “lock-down” order. But, thanks to the internet, people are still able to communicate with each other. And people have differing opinions on which medical or scientific projection about our current pandemic is most likely…

by Mark HorneApril 21, 2020
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Gospels

Shall We Receive Good From God, But Not Calamity?

So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal…

by Jeff MeyersApril 14, 2020
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Family

A Family Liturgy

Throughout the world, pastors and leaders are making sometimes excruciating decisions about whether or not to hold public worship services during the coronavirus pandemic and, if so, how. We at Theopolis encourage you to find creative, safe, reasonable, and submissive ways to meet in person with other believers. For many,…

by Peter LeithartApril 8, 2020
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Covenant

Zion as an Ascension

An excerpt from The End of Israel: Jesus, Paul & AD70 by Michael Bull The Hebrew word olah, translated “whole burnt offering” literally means “go up.” The explanatory “translation” is helpful in its description of the offering but unfortunately for English readers it veils the symbolic meaning. As far as…

by Mike BullApril 7, 2020
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Coronavirus

Worship in Exile

The # Coronavirus is trending more frequently than your favorite five celebrities put together. Our culture has exchanged TMZ stories for the primacy of the geeks who once made their living in the privacy of their laboratory. These are now our modern-day celebrities. It’s safe to say the experts surrounding…

by Uri BritoMarch 31, 2020
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Baptism

A Baptism Letter

In the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior, Lord, and Friend. Dear sister in Christ, Your baptism is firm and certain not because of anything you have done or the pastor who administered your baptism in Christ’s stead and command. Your baptism is firm and certain because of God and…

by Todd HainsMarch 26, 2020

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AIG again

Jim Rogers of Texas A&M responds to Charles Krauthammer’s argument that the Congressional response to the AIG bonuses are unconstitutional (posted here last weekend): “I agree that Congress’s action w.r.t. the AIG bonuses is bad policy. I’m always baffled by the need to read unconstitutionality into bad policies. Stupid laws…

March 23, 2009

Why women?

Why are women the first witnesses to the resurrection. Psalm 68:11-12 might provide a clue: “The Lord gives the command; the women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host. Kings of armies flee, they flee, and she who remains at home will divide the spoil!” Women announce the…

March 23, 2009

Logos Software

The folks at Logos Bible Software have included a number of my books in their software. You can get more information here: http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/4582 I’m told that now is a good time to order, since “pre-order prices often rise as we get closer to production” and “the earlier they order, the…

March 23, 2009

Sermon notes, Fifth Sunday in Lent

These notes depend a great deal on NT Wright’s Tyndale Commentary on Colossians. INTRODUCTION On the cross, Jesus bore our sins so that we are delivered from sin and eternal death. But the effect of the cross is broader than this. According to Paul, it has cosmic effects. Nothing is…

March 23, 2009

Baptismal meditation

Isaiah 11:9: They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. This well-known passage is part of Isaiah’s great prophecy about the Spirit-filled Branch from the stem of Jesse, the…

March 22, 2009

Eucharistic Meditation, Fourth Sunday of Lent

Hebrews 4:12-13: For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from…

March 22, 2009

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