Zeal for the Smallest Temple

  Dear Brothers, "Zeal for your house will consume me" (John 2:17). Were the disciples stunned when they saw animals bleating and coins rolling? The Spirit doesn't say, but John does tell us Psalm 69 ...

Review: Pilgrim Theology

What little I knew about Michael Horton before reading this book led me to think that here was one of those voices in the Reformed camp that might have been working to heal the divide ...

Matthew as Story

In the three-year cycle of the ILCW lectionary, Year A is the year of Matthew. Since Year A has now ended and we are well into Year B, this review is perhaps a year too ...

Review: Women Pastors?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...” These words from the Declaration of Independence have no legal authority, since they are not part of the Constitution or the Bill ...

Double Privilege

  Dear Treasure Filled Jars of Clay, There was no smoke. No blaring trumpets. No sound of God's voice thundering from heaven. Yet as the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee spoke in Capernaum's synagogue, the ...