The “Heavens and earth” of the Creation narrative feature throughout Scripture as the throne and footstool of God. He appears in glory and fire in these spaces. He speaks to his people through these images and commands his people to copy these images in particular places. We see these themes appear throughout the cosmos, tabernacle, […]
Juneteenth is “our heritage.” Celebrate it.
If you are like me, until recently at least, you have never heard of Juneteenth. What is it, and why in the world would anyone act as if there were a holiday you did not know about? Juneteenth is considered by many to be the “Fourth of July” for American blacks. June 19, 1865, is […]
Why the $21 trillion national debt affects you, too
Someone reminded me this morning that for all the grandiose plans the current administration has, the U.S. is currently $21 Trillion in debt and climbing (or digging, as the case may be). It made me wonder just who is holding the paper on all that debt. Yes, “we owe it to ourselves,” but who really […]
Two Kingdoms and Slavery: A Response to Michael Horton
A few years back, Westminster West professor Michael Horton published a defense of the “two kingdoms” doctrine against the charge that it “led to the toleration if not outright encouragement of slavery and segregation in the Southern Presbyterian Church.” I, too, have made this connection, and I have some interest in the subject. I still […]
The Creator and the creation: Calvin’s Institutes (Lesson 15)
Calvin’s Institutes — Family Devotional Edition Lesson 15 The Creator and the Creation Isaiah justly charges the worshipers of false gods with stupidity for not learning who the true God is from the foundations of the earth and the circle of the heavens (Isa. 40:21). Our intellect, however, is so sluggish and groveling it was necessary […]
Light as salvation, law, and activism in biblical worldview
Our second installment on Genesis 1:3 covers how Scripture applies the creation doctrine of light to many key theological realities: conversion, election, law and ethics, and even activism. God’s light is at the center of all. It is no wonder that the New Jerusalem of Revelation 21-22 needs no sun, moon, or stars; but did […]