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Judgment and Meaning: You’ll Get Your Day in Court

I build sheds for people I don’t know so they can store things they probably don’t need...

125 Years of Seven Ordinances — Rough Draft

When a baby is born at 10 months, we don’t usually call it premature. When a writer has been p..

Infinitude [Poem by Mom]

Have you been following the story of NASA’s mission to Pluto? A spacecraft named New Horizons that l..

In the Presence of Older Theologians

On Monday and Tuesday this week I had the pleasure of sitting for hours on end discussing theology w..

The Lord’s Prayer and the Center of the Universe

I enjoy praying the Lord’s Prayer. Whenever I am not sure what or how to pray, it can help me ..

Melchizedek, Carson, and the Tar Baby

Yeah, this next Sunday we get to study Melchizedek! (Said almost no one ever.) Yes, it’s true:..

Prayers for Conservative Anabaptist Churches

Several discussions lately have reminded me of deep, ongoing needs within our conservative Anabaptis..

New Bible Reading Plan for a Mid-Year Boost

Well, 2015 is half gone. New Year’s resolutions have fizzled and summer has us all running hard. Has..

Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul — Gathercole (Review)

Gathercole, Simon. Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Ba..

By Every Word [Poem by Mom]

When Mom “submits” a poem to me for publication, a dialogue begins. Since every word in ..