Why Hymnals?
I was recently asked to fill out a survey for pastors about their use of hymnals. Their final question was: …
I was recently asked to fill out a survey for pastors about their use of hymnals. Their final question was: …
Martin Luther originally wrote these words as part of the preface of Georg Rhau’s Symphoniae iucundae in 1538: And you, my young …
Athanasius, in his monumental treatise On the Incarnation, observes: For that death is destroyed, and that the cross is become the victory …
This little nugget, taken from the Westminster Directory for Public Worship (1645), gives some context for arranged marriages in previous generations: Parents ought not to force …
In his homily on the passage (Homily 18), John Chrysostom vividly illustrates Paul’s teaching, “You are not your own, for you …
If this isn’t the best title ever, it’s gotta be close to it: the (1693) second English edition of Lewis …
John Calvin, on Christian religion: For [the Christian gospel] is a doctrine not of the tongue but of life. It …
Roger Olson offers some thoughts on the forthcoming Counterpoints book on evangelicalism. He suggests two kinds of “evangelicalism,” one broadly …
One of the features of the personal letters of Jonathan Edwards (especially in the 1740’s, it seems to me) was …
These are sound words. In the writings of men of antiquity I have always found remarks that are of great …
Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies has posted Everett Ferguson’s brief but helpful apologia for studying early church history. It …
Sometimes John Chrysostom is, well, golden. Consider this very quotable commentary on Phil 3:18: Nothing is so incongruous in a …
What is more venerated in the entire West than the white hair of your majestic head? Letter 66, Basil to …
If you are interested in Jonathan Edwards, Google Books is your friend (I invite you to visit my own google …