Gairney Bridge

I am working on a sermon for this Lord’s Day from Isaiah 40:1-5. Here is the text from the New American Standard translation:
“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God. “Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of […]

I just received an email from American Vision containing the link below. It lasts about two minutes, and it’s worth it.
http://www.americanvision.org/downloads/FoolsHeart.mp4

Dictionary.com defines fideism as “exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.” Merriam-Webster Online likewise defines the term as “reliance on faith rather than reason in pursuit of religious truth.” In the vernacular, this might be thought of as “I’m gonna believe what I want to believe […]

Just read this quote this morning, posted at James White’s website. This is from, of all people, Kirk Cameron; he is addressing Southern Baptist pastors, and I think he is spot on.
  Can I speak to you from my heart for a moment? I realize that, theologically, I’m not worthy to wash your socks. But […]

I read this article by Doug Wilson this afternoon (ht: Baylyblog) on the subject of preaching. I thought this paragraph was especially profound:
But as the Church sets the agenda for the world, we must further acknowledge that the condition of the pulpit sets the direction of the Church. And this explains quite a bit about […]

I read the following words this evening, which appear at the end of the section on the Lord’s Supper, written in The Genevan Book of Order (1556):
“If perchance any would marvel why we follow rather this order than any other in the administration of this sacrament, let him diligently consider, that, first of all, we […]

I returned yesterday from the annual meeting of General Synod of the ARP (my denomination) church. When I arrived home, I was very pleased to find a couple of book shipments waiting for me: a textbook for learning theological German (a summer project, though probably a flight of fancy/fantasy on my part), and three books […]