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The Certainty of His Word
Much of my reading this weekend in Calvin’s Institutes has focused on scripture. In addition to Calvin’s compelling defense for scripture’s veracity, he writes this: For the Lord has so knit together the certainty of his word and his Spirit, that our minds are duly imbued with reverence for the word when the Spirit shining…
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Creation Declares
I am going to read Calvin’s Institutes in 2010. Kim is reading, too, and she says, “I had the impression that it was a daunting task ahead of me and I was amazed to discover that they are very approachable and pastoral.” It’s a big book, but it isn’t all that difficult to read. …
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Book Review: Parables of the Christ-life
by I. Lilias Trotter Isabella Lilias Trotter was born in 1853 to a wealthy London family. Born with an uncommon talent for sketching and painting, Lilias forsook fame and renown in order to serve the Lord Jesus as a missionary to Muslim women in Algeria for 38 years. She founded the Algiers Mission Band, which…
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Thinking about Sunday mornings
I did something that I have never done before this Christmas: I read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I enjoyed it very much and had fun reading it aloud to my children. They were especially interested that so much of the dialogue in the latest animated film (starring Jim Carey) is word-for-word from the book. There…
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The Triumphal Aspect of Redemption
From Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray: “Redemption from the power of sin may be called the triumphal aspect of redemption. In his finished work Christ did something once for all respecting the power of sin and it is in virtue of this victory which he secured that the power of sin is broken…
Leslie Wiggins 