Behold the glories of God’s universe! For all is planned according to its course. Divinest features traced upon its frame, Yield each their voice to God’s most glor’ous name: Hence heav’nly spheres have their appointed place; And distant orbs still…
By Daniel Pentimone 4.5 stars Institutes of the Christian Religion, Hendrickson Publishers, copyright 2008. ISBN 978-1-59856-168-5 The Institutes of the Christian Religion is a theological treatise by John Calvin (1509-1564). Calvin originally planned to be a reclusive scholar, studying and…
“Jerusalem is the city of the great King.” Thus saith the Lord, Matthew 5:35. Where is Jerusalem? Wherever a tear of longing after God fills the eye, or the knee bows at the footstool of the throne of grace; wherever…
Today, the US government provides us a vast range of services. You can get some sense of these services simply by looking at the number of departments: there are specific departments for housing, transportation, energy, education, commerce, veterans affairs, and…
With a Republican president in office, the issue of waterboarding comes up…again. At this time, while Trump has indicated that he supports the use of waterboarding, he has also deferred to those who would be more directly over the program….
Your life resembles a ship. You are the captain of the vessel, and your possessions and commitments constitute the ship. As you go about your activities each day, the choices that you make steer this ship. You are on your…
Is there life on the other planets? This is a question that humans have been asking for years. In fact, we have devoted incredible resources to searching for extra-terrestrial life. Before Congress ended the funding in 1993, NASA spent 2.5…
The average house that is built today requires about 16,000 board feet of framing lumber[1]. That’s a lot of wood, and it does a very effective job of creating rooms, keeping the outside elements outside, and keeping us warm and…
God is on a mission to make His own name great. This isn’t because God is narcissistic; it is because God is good. God is too good to let Himself be forgotten by myriads of self-serving narcissistic sinners. God Glorified…
Biographies, as I mentioned earlier this week, act as formative blueprints for life. They provide a structure and example of what Christian life can look like, when we see the lives of others. When I recommended reading biographies, I provided…
