Why Calvinism Misunderstands Biblical Election: What about Romans 9?
A lot of people assume Romans 9 obviously teaches the Calvinist doctrine of unconditional election. They think it means that God selected...
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Why Pray?
From the Forward to Winfield Bevins’ Our Common Prayer (paper, Kindle), this is Ashley Null: Constant prayer, then, is the key to the...
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Eucharist and Presence: Embracing Mystery, Finding Joy
I used to spend time wrestling with the different formulations proposed through Church history for how we should understand the nature of...
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3 Ways Christ is Present in the Eucharist (@KreeftQuotes)
How is Christ present in the sacrament of Holy Communion? Here’s Peter Kreeft in his book Catholic Christianity (paper, Kindle), which is...
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The Liturgy and the Gospel (@OfficialSeedbed)
The team at Seedbed.com was kind enough to publish an essay in which I recount three key reasons I am increasingly drawn to liturgical...
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An Easter Hymn by N.T. Wright
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Your sweetest notes employ The Paschal victory to hymn In strains of holy joy. How Judah’s Lion burst his...
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A Meditation for Holy Saturday by N.T. Wright
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that N.T. Wright is a prolific writer of books. It turns out that he is something of a poet as well....
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The Folly of Feel-Good Worship
In light of the wave of seeker sensitive approaches to worship in recent years, this quote from Richard John Neuhaus seemed quite...
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