There’s an interesting conversation over at The Gospel Coalition among Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, Michael Horton of Westminster Seminary California, and Matt Chandler of the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. At issue is the relationship between the Church and culture, and whether or not the mission of the church is different or more narrowly defined than the mission of individual Christians. This is a subject we’ll continue to look at in weeks and months ahead. The conversation here is worth a watch.
HT:JT
Psalms: A handbook for life in a fallen world
The book of Psalms is a breathtaking portrait of life in a fallen world. A world where God truly reigns in justice and mercy on behalf of his people, but where that reign has yet to be fully recognized, or even to take complete hold of the hearts of his own people. It is thus a portrait of life “in the meantime”—the time between the promises of God’s steadfast love and faithfulness to deliver his people and establish his reign, and the realization of those promises. As such, this book gives poetic expression to the full range of human emotion and experience during this meantime, from the pit where life is shrouded in darkness and despair with no sign of God’s presence (e.g. Ps. 13) to the very dwelling place of God where our hearts overflow in desire and praise (e.g. Ps. 84), and everywhere in between. Read more…
Barbeque and Eschatological Hope
I’ve often said to my wife that two of my love languages are barbeque and eschatological hope. This blog is about the latter (though I will accept recommendations on the former).
Seriously, though, few things stir my heart more than the hope that God will make all things right in the end. That’s what I mean by eschatological hope. It’s a big word, but eschatology (es-kuh-TOL-uh-jee) is simply what we believe God will do in the end. And what we believe about the end makes all the difference in the present.
in the meantime 