Tyrants are more a reflection on us the ruled than they are on the ruler himself. > But even in the case of men such as this [Nero], power to dominate is given only by the providence of the supreme God when he judges that the state of human affairs…
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Luke van der Hoeven
Some mind-blowing stuff from Augustine’s work on the Trinity: > [M]any things are said in the holy books to suggest, or even state openly that the Father is greater than the Son. This has misled people who are careless about examining or keeping in view the whole range…
I was recently asked my opinions of a lecture [https://bridgetown.church/teaching/year-of-biblical-literacy-midweek-lectures/interpreting-the-bibles-creation-stories/] given by Tim Mackie of the well-known and loved Bible Project [https://bibleproject.com/] who’s videos deftly summarize books of the Bible and other biblical themes. This talk is summarized as follows (from the…
Last semester I had the chance to research and reflect on the Reformation’s reliance on tradition in its return to Scripture as the primary authority within the church, the sole basis on which doctrine may be founded. Much of this came in the face of a significant challenge by…
A psalm to guide our online interactions. > 2 How long, exalted ones, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie?Selah 3 Know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself; the LORD will hear when I call…
> The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Moab for three crimes, even four, [And what are these heinous crimes?] because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. (Amos 2:1) And that's where the list of the sins of Moab ends.…
> As a man nailed to the cross; he first struggles, and strives, and cries out with great strength and might, but, as his blood and spirits waste, his strivings are faint and seldom, his cries low and hoarse, scarce to be heard;—when a man first sets on a…
I’m excited to have these three books in my near-term queue. First, we’re going to be going through Matt Chandler’s Take Heart [https://www.amazon.com/Take-Heart-Matt-Chandler/dp/1784983160] at Vine Church [https://vinechurchmpls.com] for Sunday school in a couple weeks in order to prepare our…