Sacred Scripture and the Holiness of Human Words

17 Feb 202017 Feb 2020

Inspiration comes to us in strange forms. For instance, this little article found its inspiration in the form of a provocative tweet. The text of which reads: “It seems to…

Lord, Teach Us to Pray…

6 Feb 2020

The Lord of the Sanctuary has told us that His house should be a place of prayer. If prayer is the priority then great care should be taken in how…

Angelic Gyrations, Speculative Meditations, and the Order of God's Decrees

22 Jan 2020

A common objection to theoretical theologizing is that it is, at the end of the day, completely impractical.  It is largely viewed as an unnecessary exercise that seeks to tease…

The Rest of the Gospel: Why You Need the Sabbath

6 Jan 20206 Jan 2020

Since God is in the heavens and we breathe through our noses, we shouldn’t need special revelation to understand that his ways are infinitely beyond ours. He “hath his way…

Embraced by Promises

19 Dec 2019

Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation; it's a waiting game. But it is the kind of waiting that is designed to make us check our hearts rather than…

One God, One Lord: From Cornerstone to Stumbling block

18 Dec 201918 Dec 2019

Yesterday, a friend of mine did what I, and those who are not ashamed to be called my brethren, often do—he “went and got hisself in a spot of bother,” as they say. Having…

Following the Star: Travelling East with our Man from Edinburgh

16 Dec 2019

In reading the work of Thomas F. Torrance I have learned the value of not only looking backward in order to go forward, but also of looking eastward. When the…

Mary's Christmas and the Justice of God

11 Dec 2019

Ultimately, Christmas is the incarnation of a promised whispered ages ago and the righteousness which had been slowly rising from its prophetic slumber; in a word, poetic justice. The incarnation…

What is Advent? A Dummy's Guide

2 Dec 20192 Dec 2019

Advent   noun  Ad· vent | \ ˈad-ˌvent  Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin adventus, going back to Latin, "arrival, appearance," from adven-, variant stem of advenīre "to arrive"  Definition of Advent  1. Advent marks the beginning of…

How Fresh Hells Are Made

26 Nov 2019

In the first chapter of Romans, St. Paul rehearses the tragic devolution of mankind as the wicked are turned into hell by failing to honor God as God. This decent into…