The Covenanters of Scotland marched into battle all roaring Psalm 68. What will we sing?

Why do we allow ourselves to wallow in a ghetto? … We wallow because, to borrow from Franky Schaeffer, we are addicted to mediocrity.

To speak of the Christian church valuing art, and good art at that, would be to garner laughs from many.

James Cordrey agrees with Francis Schaeffer: “An artwork can be a doxology in itself.”

He is the leader of over one hundred thriving underground churches in China. He writes of his desire to see them grow further up and further on. He writes of his desire to see his family learn the meaning of persecution, not so that they can gain the respect or support of westerners, but so that they can know more clearly what it is to be called a Christian.

We have an amazing legacy in the Reformation. But if you call yourself Reformed, be careful not to take the name too seriously – we are not reformed, but reforming. Semper reformanda.

Christianity is a journey–a constant growth in love, maturity, and understanding. We need to remember that the children are involved in this journey as much as the adults, and we should be working with them each step of the way.

No doubt you’ve heard of the recent “denouncings” of Steve Wilkins, Steve Schlissel, John Barach, and Douglas Wilson. John Carswell summarizes the matter and throws in a few choice thoughts of his own.

It seems that many of us think that we have been made alive in Christ in order to be pale-faced stoics exercising ourselves in an orgy of mental gymnastics. Not so, dear hearts. The head games we once played are dead.

The first time I heard these words, I wasn’t so sure about them. “FEED on HIM in my HEART?” But as I reflected on them I was struck by the simplicity of the metaphor. Like earthly food, I have a desperate need for Christ. I have to be in communion with him.