Reflections along the wilderness way
August 26, 2009
Back in the 16th century, a Reformation was happening. But it’s not the Reformation you’re thinking of. There was, of course, the well-known and dramatic ‘protest’ of Martin Luther which captured the headlines. But over in Spain, a tag-team reform … Continue reading
August 21, 2009
I pause for this commercial break in the New Exodus book blog, in part because I’m so terribly irritated by John Piper’s recent blog and in part because this is one of those “teaching moments” which coincides with the narrative … Continue reading
August 19, 2009
It is a key insight of Freud that until there is an embrace of honest helplessness, there is no true Gospel that can be heard. It is telling that the Psalms use the words pit/Sheol/waters/depth (as images of the dangerous … Continue reading
August 15, 2009
But go to Him when your need is desperate, when all other help is vain and what do you find? A door slammed in your face and a sound of bolting and double bolting on the inside. After that silence. … Continue reading
August 12, 2009
The law always ended up being used as a band-aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn’t deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own … Continue reading
August 6, 2009
A disciple asks the Rabbi, “What does Torah tell us to ‘place these words upon your hearts’? What does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts?” The Rabbi answers, “It is because as we are, our hearts … Continue reading