A good book, good food, good drink and hunting – can Christmas get much better? Having long past reached the age where I really “want” anything for Christmas I was delighted when friends gave me gifts this week inspired by conversations and circumstances. The good book: A Hill on Which to Die by Judge Paul [...]

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Question 129. What does the word “Amen” signify? Answer: “Amen” signifies, it shall truly and certainly be: for my prayer is more assuredly heard of God, than I feel in my heart that I desire these things of him (a). (a) 2 Corinthians 1:20: For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. [...]

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Question 128. How do you conclude your prayer? Answer: “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever”; that is, all these we ask of thee, because thou, being our King and almighty, art willing and able to give us all good (a); and all this we pray for, that thereby not [...]

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Last week I posted a clip from N.T. Wright on the idea of “paradise.”  Today is another short clip developing the idea of life after death.  See what you think:

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Question 127. Which is the sixth petition? Answer: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”; that is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand a moment (a); and besides this, since our mortal enemies, the devil (b), the world (c), and our own flesh (d), cease not [...]

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Just a reminder to keep Charlie Andrew’s in your prayers as she deals with the craziness that has emerged around her continuing service in the Family Court – outlined here.  Today a new rumor reached my desk: that Mark and Charlie receive financial benefits from St. Andrew’s.  Truly.  These comments certainly reflect the darkness of [...]

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Beginning this and continuing every week I’ll post a collection of articles from the previous week that have caught my attention. Brothers Together in Christ I ran across this short article by Ray Ortlund.  He suggest three ways in which God calls Christian men to love each other. Tiger, Barack, and the Law of Transitivity [...]

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Question 126. Which is the fifth petition? Answer: “And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors”; that is, be pleased for the sake of Christ’s blood, not to impute to us poor sinners, our transgressions, nor that depravity, which always cleaves to us (a); even as we feel this evidence of thy grace [...]

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Question 125. Which is the fourth petition? Answer: “Give us this day our daily bread”; that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body (a), that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all good (b), and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy [...]

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Question 124. Which is the third petition? Answer: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”; that is, grant that we and all men may renounce our own will (a), and without murmuring obey thy will, which is only good (b); that every one may attend to, and perform the duties of [...]

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