Scripture: Psalms
O Israel, hope in the Lord
Reflections on Psalm 130 (Part II) | Israel, Jonah and Christ
Sean T Wilson
Mostly peaceful protestant
philosophy
More on digital man, digital church
Jemimah has responded to my previous post with some thoughts of her own on this vexed topic of man's "digital life" (for want of a better term). I have a series of further sketches on this topic below. Man is the kind of being who can
ecclesiology
Digital man, digital church
Myles Werntz reviews a handful of books about the recent phenomenon of "digital church". He summarises one book, Richard Burridge’s Holy Communion in Contagious Times, as follows: The idea of avatars is treated by Burridge not so much as an emergency accommodation but as a clarified description
Newsletter
№ 4: No tongue can bid me thence depart
Newsletter: Desolation | America: a review | Previously, on Psalter the Earth
Scripture: Psalms
Out of the depths
Reflections on Psalm 130 (Part 1)
quotes
Chrysostom: Any excuse for absence is now deemed acceptable
An excerpt from a book I've been reading for an assignment. It looks as though casual church attendance has been a problem for a long time: [John] Chrysostom notes that whenever dangers threaten or the pomp of Christian festivals attracts, "the forum will be empty and the
worship
Low church subtraction story
Contemporary low church Christian worship is not merely worship with the bells and whistles removed, but represents an alternative vision of what gathered worship is
Salvation
God owes us nothing
Williams Perkins reminds us that even Adam could not merit eternal life
Newsletter
№ 3: What is preaching for?
Newsletter: Reflections of the purpose and place of preaching | Laying the Joshua series to rest | Other recent writing
Christian Commonwealth
Don’t be an infidel
Richard Baxter: The chief end of the commonwealth is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever
modernity
My wife, universalised and de-particularised
My wife weighs in on why we moderns obsessively perform our identities
Scripture: Joshua
Did Joshua give Israel rest in the land?
Joshua as an anticipation, Part III | The final entry in my Joshua series