Essay / Misc.
Scriptorium Daily has been an active and successful web publication in 2008. We’ve added more bloggers to the team, and together we’ve posted with a regularity that almost justifies our name. Our hit counts, subscriptions, and e-mails suggest that lots of people are appreciating what
Essay / Misc.
A student brought one of these to me after the PCUSA’s general assembly last summer, and I have been using it to frighten children ever since. But I didn’t realize until today that the Calvin cut-out mask was also available on the web so that
Essay / Theology
No manger scene is complete without an ox and an ass in the picture. There also need to be sheep, of course, and there can be horses and cows and mice and birds and barncats and whatever else you’ve got space for. But the ox
Essay / Misc.
Playmobil makes great little cartoons of their toys in action. The english-language site is good, but true Playmobil fans know to keep an eye on the German site, playmobil.de, which is more up to date. The latest thing there is the Ancient Egypt line of
Essay / Theology
My church is preaching its way through Advent, spending one sermon each on those descriptions of the promised one in Isaiah 9: Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and last week we made it to Prince of Peace, a title so comprehensive that it will
Essay / Culture
J.P. Moreland, 2008. I am delighted to have this opportunity to discuss my most recent bookâThe God Question. Let me explain a bit about why I am so passionate about it. In a way, it is my attempt to provide an alternative to the wave
Essay / Avant-Garde
Once upon a time in Meowsyland, the cat a-meows-ment park, the cats members were making a plan to eat some birds. They were all cats, you know, and cats love to eat birds. Suddenly, a tiny bird flew up and landed right in front of
Essay / Podcasts
Grab a cup of egg nog, seat yourself comfortably in front of the fire, and join John Mark Reynolds, Paul Spears and their special guest Dr. Charlie Chuck Chuckleman, a professor from the School for Seminary Preaching located at an undisclosed location on the East
Essay / Theology
Christmas carols are usually pretty reliable teachers of theology. Of the sacred songs that we tend to hear a lot around Christmas time, we have a lot of great doctrine to sing in “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Joy to the World,” and “Hark the
Essay / Misc.
If you’re like me, you’re about 100 years behind the curve on understanding technology. Sure, you can make all the latest electronic doo-dads beep and hum and chug, but when you have to actually explain their functioning, you start sounding superstitious. “I touch the magic
Essay / Theology
For the past twenty years, since becoming a believer, I have been trying to get my head around the incarnation; that is, to understand why Christ had to become a human being and how he became a human being. Growing up my father would read
Essay / Theology
Believers should have confident assurance of their salvation, but on what grounds? I’ve explored several options and have commended a richly trinitarian understanding of salvation as the ultimate basis of assurance. Confidence in God and his salvation rests in intelligent belief in the Trinity. The