Athenagoras: Worship the Composer, Not the Instrument

Beautiful without doubt is the world, excelling, as well in its magnitude as in the arrangement of its parts, both those in the oblique circle and those about the north, and also in its spherical form. Yet it is not this, but its Artificer, that we must worship. For when any of your subjects come … Continue reading Athenagoras: Worship the Composer, Not the Instrument

Noelle Mering: At the heart of the woke movement is not unity but rupture….

At the heart of the woke movement is not unity but rupture — rupture from our shared past, from a shared vocabulary, from an ability to reason together, from a canon of Western philosophy and literature, and from a shared purpose and identity as human beings. This scattering has severe and far-reaching effects. Globally, we … Continue reading Noelle Mering: At the heart of the woke movement is not unity but rupture….

Francis Schaeffer: If we demand, in any of our relationships, either perfection or nothing, we will get nothing

Knowing that all men are sinners frees us from the cruelty of utopianism. Utopianism is cruel, for it expects of expects of men and women what they are not and will not be until Christ comes. Such utopianism, forgetting what the Bible says about human sinfulness, is hard-hearted; it is as monstrous a thing as … Continue reading Francis Schaeffer: If we demand, in any of our relationships, either perfection or nothing, we will get nothing

Pentecost: The Day Heaven Drew Near

“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place” (Acts 2:1).[1] Pentecost—also called the Feast of Weeks—was one of the great pilgrimage festivals in first century Judaism. According to Mosaic Law (Leviticus 23:15–16; Deuteronomy 16:9–12), it was celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover, following seven complete Sabbaths. Originally, Pentecost marked … Continue reading Pentecost: The Day Heaven Drew Near

Charles Spurgeon: Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who hath grace so rich and free?

Pause then, O Christian, and thus soliloquize: “I once scorned him who loved me with an everlasting love, I once esteemed him as a root out of a dry ground. I served him not, I cared not for his blood, his cross, or his crown; and yet I am now become one of his own … Continue reading Charles Spurgeon: Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who hath grace so rich and free?