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The Prayer Saturated Family: How to Change the Atmosphere in Your Home Through Prayer by Cheryl Sacks My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book was given to me by a friend, and I in no way mean to disparage the gift. There are a number of useful things that can be wrestled out of…
Let the Children Worship by Jason Helopoulos My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a solid and brief argument for the importance of worshipping with your family at home, and with the congregation through the entire service of worship. I highly recommend it. View all my reviews
So, you’re considering the children’s catechism. Good! But I’m sure you’ve got some questions about it: where does it come from? Which version should I use? Why do catechism and not just sheer bible memorization? Never fear! This is your guide to the children’s catechism. In this post I will attempt to summarize this history…
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. If you’ve never read Kevin DeYoung’s, “Just Do Something”, I highly recommend it. It is an easy-to-read, short, and extremely helpful book that explains how to “find God’s will” in a biblical way. While there are two or three study guide…
I’ve been working on assembling a “definitive” biography of Franciscus Junius in order to aid my Phd work. This is a small example of what I’m hoping to accomplish! All this chart shows you is the frequency of Junius’ departures from and entries into various cities. Obviously, he probably left and entered more cities, but…
I know, I know, it’s weird to salivate over books, but I can’t help it. Vos’ Reformed Dogmatics is finally published in English, and one day I’ll read it! I’m excited to trace the development of Reformed Dogmatics from early orthodoxy to the beginning of “modern” orthodoxy.
I asked myself this question perpetually throughout College (and Seminary): why would an artist become a pastor? My answer, in short, is because of Jesus. My father is a pastor in the PCA (a conservative Presbyterian denomination), but as a child I never envisioned myself as a pastor. In fact, I wouldn’t have considered myself…
In my first series of interviews, I’m discussing the work and history of some of my good friends and fellow artists. My hope is that this will be informative for many, and also show that Christians have a variety of ways of making/thinking about engaging in fine art. The first interviewee is Jacob Rowan, an…
The last article that I wrote covered the artists and movements that have influenced my thought as an artist. Now, I’m going to attempt to explain why I think my chosen medium/style is acceptable for a Christian and a pastor. In short, my artwork is non-representational. Its meaning is complicated or ambiguous. This post then…
As a Christian, and a pastor, I’ve received many looks of concern when I explain that my artwork is “non-representational”, or to put it incorrectly but more recognizably, “abstract”. One seminary student laughed, and flippantly disregarded me, when I mentioned the work of an abstract expressionist. One pastor has said that a Christian artist cannot…