Glory to God!
December 21, 2016 § 2 Comments
This past Sunday the Sanctuary Choir of McIlwain Presbyterian Church presented its annual Christmas program. This year’s offering was entitled Glory to God! In addition to both classic carols and music by Keith and Kristyn Getty arranged by McIlwain Music Ministry Coordinator Donny Monk, I supplied a series of narrations designed to explore the glory of God in four progressive themes: the glory of God in creation, the glory of God in the promise of redemption, the glory of God in the Gospel, and the glory of God in the return and reign of Christ. Although these were summarized in the program, we explored the themes respectively each Sunday of Advent this year. « Read the rest of this entry »
Clear as mud?
February 18, 2013 § Leave a comment
I apologize for the confusion that resulted from my last post. I did not make clear that, once you went to the brief post at Reformation21 by Carl Trueman, you were to click the link to the Reformed Baptist Fellowship site that features the post by Richard Barcellos. Here is that link!
Protestants and Lent
February 16, 2013 § 2 Comments
A few important points are necessary to make at the outset of this post.
First. I do not agree that it is never appropriate to question or criticize a person’s expression of devotion to God. Biblically speaking, sometimes critique is necessary because one’s devotion may be misplaced or in error, as Paul did with the unbelieving Athenians (Acts 17:23). Other times it is necessary because of ignorance, as Priscilla and Aquila did with Apollos (Acts 18:24-26) or as Paul did with the believers he met in Ephesus (Acts 19:1-6). In each case critique is matter of truth, love and, ultimately, honor to the Lord. « Read the rest of this entry »