A vital question, at the core of Christian faith, is the question, “What is my relationship to God?”  

One of my dear friends in the world is Hwaen Ch’uqi. This past weekend I was in Hwaen’s company, and we fell to discussing his views on Schoenberg and the modern assault on hierarchy in pitch. His avowedly Trinitarian musings led me back to a recent fascination of mine: the place of music in Christian cosmology. 

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. 

God “rested” on the seventh day, we are told (Gen 2:2–3), and “was refreshed” in the works of His hands (Ex 31:17). What makes this so remarkable is that we know God did not “rest” out of a deficit in His energies (the Almighty never wearies) but rather out of the surpluses of His joy. 

A great quote by Richard Baxter (and Bernard). 

I know of no more urgent question facing Christian fathers than this: Do I have the hearts of my children? The father who does not see the importance of this question is almost certainly already losing the hearts of his children to someone else. 

A Christian believes, not because everything in life reveals the love of God, but rather despite everything that raises doubt. 

Great Bavinck quote. 

A question of tremendous significance for our reading and application of the Bible is what the Old Testament “Promised Land” points forward to in the New Covenant era. Canaan was a piece of land (territory) claimed by the covenant Lord Yahweh in a particular period of redemptive history; what is our “Canaan” in the age of the New Covenant? 

Dr. David Martyn Lloyd-Jones has long been considered one of the greatest preachers of modern time. He was – and still is – used mightily of God. We do well to remember and honor his life, and by doing so, glorify the God who used him. 

Virtually every Bible preacher from Noah to John was a Street preacher. More than 90 percent of all sermons preached in both Old and New Testaments were preached in a public forum. Why anyone would discourage public evangelism? 

A great quote by Sinclair Ferguson on grace and union with Christ. 

Whodathunk the ghost of Cornelius Van Til would ever haunt the New York Times Opinionator? 

“What is deplored in those who fail to glorify God is, so to speak, an inadequate aesthetic response, a failure to appreciate the magnitude and ubiquity of the divine address, a deficiency of taste and gratitude.” (Beauty of the Infinite, p. 292) 

This from Heretics is one of my favorite Chesterton quotes of all time; I wonder if Nancy Pelosi has ever read it. 

Here, in the most elementary terms, is Christian metaphysics. 

There is no limit to the subversion of Old Testament prophecy to make it conformable to Jewish interpretation, once the special, national interest of Jewry has been conceded in any one text. 

I’ve just read an incredibly serious, yet absurd post attacking Tom Ascol, of Founder’s Ministries, and Christian apologist Dr. James White, of Alpha and Omega Ministries. The post is obviously in defense of Ergun Caner, president and dean of Liberty Baptist Seminary, and a complete phony. No apologies. 

I doubt many Christians struggle with this kind of obsessive thinking. But perhaps some do, and if so it may be a relief to them (as it has been to me since that evening) to understand that when the Bible tells us to confess our sins, it is not telling us we must confess every single episode of every single sin.  

A humbling and challenging quote on preaching by Richard Baxter. 

Two great resources by R. Scott Clark 

How many of us have 'blessed' our children with shorter lifespans than their parents? 

Steve Lawson gave a really clear and concise summary of the "Doctrines of Grace" (or the "Five Points of Calvinism") in just over 3 minutes when he appeared on Iron Sharpens Iron back in 2008. 

A cleverly mixed MP3 where John MacArthur raps a track entitled, "JUMPING" 

Controversial, scandal-ridden “pastor” Ed Young of Fellowship Church releases his first recorded rap video at C3 2010. Putting Baptists to shame isn’t he? Pretty much speaks for itself.