Category Archives: Christianity

Praying Our Theology: The Trinity

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Perhaps the most distinguishing doctrine of the Christian faith is the belief in God as Trinity. Sadly, it is also one of the most neglected of Christian doctrines; indeed, it is lamentable that so many Christians do not have a basic understanding of Who God is as Trinity. Because of this, many end up worshiping a generic deity whom they call “God”, and who has nothing to do with the God Who Is – He Who has revealed Himself in the written Word of the Old and New Testaments. God is Who He has revealed Himself to be – God in Trinity – and thus, when we pray we must be cautious that we are addressing Him as He is, or else we’re idolaters. Continue reading →

Beauty: A Prescription for the Heart

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Today is the first day of spring. Many of you reading this probably didn’t know that. It hasn’t been a headline, and so few are going outside that, for them, it may as well be winter. But, as I was walking across our little churchyard I noticed that, indeed, there were flowers blooming, lifting their little, diversely colored petals to the light of the sun. It’s interesting how something so small can stop me in my tracks and lead me to contemplation.

It is quite easy in times like these to be so engrossed with the ugliness of the fallen creation that we forget that even now it bears the marks of its eternally beautiful Creator. Thus, it is all the more important that we spend some time daily immersed in the beauty all around us. Continue reading →

Poorly Interpreting Providence

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Whenever a crisis arises, there always seems to be some guy who comes out of the woodwork to tell everyone that he knows for a fact that the current crisis is (a) the beginning of the end, (b) the judgment of God on homosexuals/Democrats/Republicans/evolutionists/etc., and/or (c) some random offshoot of global warming. So far, in the current crisis, I have had the singular misfortune of being exposed to all three of these, and have felt the need to address each in turn, with particular emphasis given to the middle theory (b). Continue reading →