Tomorrow I will finish preaching the Gospel of John and will be sad to say goodbye to Frederick Dale Bruner, who, via his 1,200+ pg commentary, has been my main (non-divine) conversation partner on John for the last two years. Huge impact. Thank you, Dr. Bruner.
Finished The Art of Neighboring by @jayrpathak and Dave Runyon. Great into. Deals with common struggles, helps avoid missteps, and is full of good advice you can use today.
When Jesus comes “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” (Revelation 21:4), but until then there is heartbreak even on the holidays. My heart goes out those who sat next to empty seats this Thanksgiving.
Learn about New Horizons, the OPC’s monthly magazine. Watch on vimeo.
Thanks to Christ Reformed Church in Washington, D.C., we now have a collection of links to most of the tunes used in Trinity Psalter Hymnal. You can use these to sing along. And if you can’t read music, these will help you learn the tunes.
Congratulations and thanks to David C. Noe for his new book, God or Baal: Two Letters on the Reformation of Worship and Pastoral Service.
This week Zondervan video courses are 50% off.
Postmodernism: Some Corrections and Clarifications by Elena Shalneva
Not all knowledge of Jesus is the same. Jonathan Edwards put it well: “There is a difference between having a rational judgment honey is sweet, and having a sense of sweetness.”
Here’s last night’s sermon on Genesis 22, the sacrifice of Isaac, where we discover that closeness with God sometimes includes hard things.
“Love is that liquor sweet and most divine, which my God feels as blood and I as wine.” (George Herbert). I invite you to listen to the sermon I preached this morning on the death of Jesus and drink up.
Attended a memorial service tonight where this quote by C. H. Spurgeon could have been the theme: “If I may die as I have seen some die, I court the grand occasion. I would not wish to escape death by some by-road if I may sing as they sang.”
I used to plant my flowers in my friend Tom’s yard, but I let them die and started all over because Mr. Zuckerberg said I could use his nicer yard for my space. But I don’t like his yard anymore. Anyone else have a yard I can use? How do I keep this from happening? 😭
Not every email needs military-level precision, but it usually helps. Here are some email rules I use (and sometimes break).
Use one subject per email thread with a good subject line.
Keep it short. Five sentences or fewer usually works. For longer emails, consider writing your email like an Axios article or putting the bottom line up front.
Learn better ways to express reoccurring needs.
Share documents and other files with a link to the cloud. For a free, no-registration option, pCloud Transfer works.
Use email when may need to find your message in the future or when formatting helps clarify your message. Again, see Axios.
Don’t email when you should call or text.