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The Culture of Like

I have a new post today over at Ref21. It is a revamp version of an article I wrote for Housewife Theologian about 2 1/2 years ago. You’ll see from the introduction why I am constantly returning to this subject. I have a fourteen-year-old daughter with a cell phone. I remember back in the day, I […]

Santa Said Knock You Out!

On this week’s Bully Pulpit episode of the Mortification of Spin, Carl, Todd, and I discuss a Christmas plea to fathers from John Denver (where I for some reason say 6 track instead of 8 track), the incarnation, and punching out heretics. But Carl and Todd are very pleasant and polite for the whole 15 […]

The Doctrines of Grace: Student Edition

I had never even heard of the doctrines of grace until I was in my early twenties. I remember reading a sermon by Jonathon Edwards that opened the curtain on these doctrines and let the light in. But at first, along with this strange sense of joy and respect for God’s sovereignty, I was really […]

The First Reformed Website on the Block

When Matt and I married, we were searching for a church. Heck, we were searching for a denomination. Matt was raised in the Roman Catholic church, and I was raised in the Southern Baptist denomination. When we met, I was still in college, and Matt was just in his second year as a school teacher […]

God Came Down

It is timely that I am reading K. Scott Oliphint’s God With Us during this Christmas season. I’ve been returning to it in between some other reading projects. My brain hurts while I read it, and yet I keep coming back for more. One emphasis in Chapter Three, “Before Abraham Was…,”  is that while the […]

Hospitality in God’s House

As we were pulling out of the driveway yesterday morning to go to Sunday School, it started. Sure, the newscasters were making a big deal about our first snow of the season, but you never know when to believe the hype these days. It was already sticking to the road as we made our way […]

Is it Really That Simple?

I am writing here and there for the Reformation 21 blog, and thought I’d share a peek with my readers today. This is a reflection I had while reading about the aseity of God in K. Scott Oliphint’s book, God With Us.  Many of us talk about simplifying our lives. When we stop to think […]

Voices in the Evangelical Subculture

There’s a new Mortification of Spin available for your listening pleasure today. In it, Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and I discuss a sensitive topic. When too many people benefit from your success, how will you be held accountable? This is an important issue that has come to light in the evangelical subculture recently. But more […]

The First Thing We Will Do

Over the holiday I gathered with some of my favorite people, my extended family, for a long weekend in Deep Creek, MD. Thanks to my mom, we’ve been doing this for several years now. I’ve always been very close with my brother and my sister and it is such a blessing that we all love […]

How Do You Handle Betrayal?

“But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table” (Luke 22:21). Jesus was betrayed. Think about that for a minute. Betrayal has to be one of the most painful emotional and spiritual trials to go through. One of the twelve disciples whom Jesus has invested precious, blessed time with […]