Audio Transcript Welcome back to the podcast. Well, God is happy in himself. Amen. And God wants us to be happy in himself. Amen. If you start applying biblical categories here, you begin to ask this question: How does God’s joy become my joy? That’s our question today — a really good one — from…
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Uncomfortably Affectionate: Toward a Theology of the Kiss
Among New Testament commands we’re quick to qualify today (or just ignore altogether), Romans 16:16 may stand out: Greet one another with a holy kiss. Really? We might chuckle at the thought of everyone kissing each other before the Sunday service. At least not in our time and place, we think. Maybe other cultures; not…
Renew a right spirit within me.
Renew a right spirit within me. Posted by appolus on July 25, 2023 Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. These are words from the man who is “after Gods own heart.” A man that the Lord loves greatly. Does He not love…
Constantine’s Foil: How Peace in Rome Led to Persecution in Persia
ABSTRACT: Constantine’s conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century brought an end to state-sponsored persecution in the Roman empire. Around the same time, however, the relatively peaceful Persian empire turned violently upon the church in its lands. Though the accurate number of martyrs remains difficult to assess, the most conservative estimates place the death…
I will pour My Spirit upon the dry land.
I will pour My Spirit upon the dry land. Posted by appolus on July 24, 2023 There is no other Rock I know, not one Sing oh heavens until His is work on earth is done Break forth in rapturous praise you mountains set on high For your peaks cry out His splendor, and His glory…
For Fathers of Young Children: Lessons from the Last Graduation
I love to listen to my younger teaching colleagues at Desiring God when they describe their lives as fathers of young children. I smile (sometimes inwardly) to hear of the short nights, the energy-demanding days, and the challenges of discerning how to fulfill their callings as fathers alongside their other demanding callings as husbands, vocational…
Fifty Years of Theological Battles
Audio Transcript Happy Monday as we get back after it here on the podcast. Pastor John, I know one of the things you really enjoy is answering questions in front of students — open-floor Q and As. You’ve been doing this for over fifty years, and you’re still at it — currently investing in the…
United States of Abortion: A Grave History in Five Threads
For nearly four centuries, the frequency of abortion in America has depended on how citizens and residents answered five questions: Anatomy: Is the being in the womb human? Bible: Is Scripture’s teaching on the sacredness of human life binding on us? Community: What kind of advice and support do vulnerable women receive from boyfriends or…
How to triumph in Christ.
How to triumph in Christ. Posted by appolus on July 22, 2023 2Co 2:14 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. Can you say, with all honesty brothers and sisters, that through you, the fragrance of Jesus is…
Why We Sing About the Blood
Have you ever wondered why we Christians so often sing about Jesus’s blood? It’s a very strange thing to emphasize, is it not? Not simply the cross and his death, but his blood. Just last Sunday, our church sang twice about the blood of Jesus. First in an old hymn: “And can it be that…