My wife just turned a big dream into a reality and finished painting the first of THREE large murals at Tucson Dance Academy. So proud of her! See the progress shots at Della Chelpka Arts. She’s amazing! 🤩
It would be better for us to talk about attributes of canonicty instead of criteria of canonicty. Michael Kruger gives reasons for this in his book Canon Revisited, which he summarized on his blog today.
📚 Finished reading: Divine Covenants and Moral Order: A Biblical Theology of Natural Law by David VanDrunen. Theologians and ethicists, read this book!
Google has released its 2018 Scholar Metrics. You can see the most-cited articles from among the journals indexed by Google from Jan 2013 to July 2018. Here are the top 20 journals matching “theology” and the top 20 for “religion”.
A new version of the Westminster Shorter Catechism is under way. And anyone can help. 🚀
⛪️ In my recent sermon on Psalm 139, I compare Jonah’s feelings about the presence of God to David’s. You can learn a lot about true spirituality this way.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?”
— Wisdom in Proverbs 1:22
I’m planning to preach a series of sermons on the subject of wisdom. To prepare, I’m reading and thinking a lot about the book of the Bible called Proverbs. What else would you suggest?
“Like any other life-sustaining resource, language can be depleted, polluted, contaminated, eroded, and filled with artificial stimulants…. it needs the protection of those who recognize its value and commit themselves to good stewardship.”
—Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
My son and I looked up what family the badger is in. It’s in the mustelid family, which includes weasels, ferrets, and wolervines. They are characterized by having short legs and a long body.
Our lab mix and dachshund had themselves a real good time cornering this guy tonight. Thankfully, we were able to stop it before anyone got hurt.
📚 Life in the Trinity and The Trinity and the Covenant of Redemption are two books that need to fall in love and have lots of babies.
📚 Finished reading: Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers by Donald Fairbairn.
Finished Reading: From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research by Michael Kibbe. It’s a well-written guide that helped fix a few friction points I’ve experienced in my own research method. 📚
Some of the young adults at Covenant are challenging themselves to memorize Jonah 2. Way to go! I think I’ll join you and post a video link after I get it down.
Ever thought deeply about the story of Jonah? It’s a simple story, but its simplicity has a way of clarifying life—our priorities, our choices, our relationship with God. Here is the sermon I preached yesterday on the final chapter of the book.
Lampham’s: Where Writers Work