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Easter Communion Meditation One of the problems that Christians sometimes run into is the problem of having a cold heart. By this we mean that our hearts are not responding in a fitting way to the reality of redemption. Truths that should stir our minds are met with mental dullness and apathy. The passion of … Continue reading If Your Heart is as Cold As Stone
My objections to progressive covenantalism after reading Kingdom Through Covenant
Communion Meditation John 3:14-15: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For this morning’s Communion Meditation, I’m going to tell a bit of a long story with a singular point … Continue reading Look to the Lamb
February 2026 Well, I know you’re all sick of snow. But I can’t help it. I have to talk about the snow. I don’t want to tell you how much I enjoy the snow, because that will just irritate you. But you won’t be able to get mad about what I’m going to tell you … Continue reading Communion Meditation
In Kingdom Through Covenant (Gentry and Wellum), the authors make the claim in Chapter 4 that the Noahic covenant is an affirmation of the Creation Covenant, not the initiation of a new covenant. I am going to examine two lines of evidence that the authors use to support this assertion. Evidence #1 – The language … Continue reading Is the Noahic Covenant a Continuation of a Creation Covenant?
Introduction In 1955, Carl Henry wrote to ask one of Christianity’s foremost apologists to write for what would become the flagship Christian magazine: Christianity Today. Here is how CS Lewis responded: My thoughts and talents such as they are now flow differently, though I trust, not less Christian channels. And I do not think I’m … Continue reading Parables
On Thursday we took our kids to see the new David movie, from Angel Studios. We had already watched the “Young David” episodes streaming on Angel and were favorably impressed. I went because my kids asked me to go, but I was not particularly excited to see another sterilized version of a favorite Bible story. … Continue reading The David Movie: A Critical Review
A wedding homily
What does "judge not that ye be not judged" really mean?
(Communion Meditation November 2025) Exo 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the … Continue reading The Broken Tablets and the Broken Body
Nathan Writes 