The following post is part of a series of learnings from reading Jaroslav Pelikan’s Five-volume The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine. Growing up Baptist, I was of course taught the Bible from a Baptist perspective, learning doctrines like eternal security, priesthood of the believer, and congregational polity. Makes sense,
While I read fewer books this year, some of it’s due to reading works that ran into the deep hundreds as well as thousands of pages (as well as life
Over the years I get asked the question, “Yancey, do you prefer expository preaching or topical preaching?” I know what’s being asked. Do I fancy Bible book-driven or thematically-driven sermons?
I ’m sitting down listening to another one of America’s premier preachers, and I can see why he’s popular. He’s funny, articulate, loves Jesus and God’s Word, and obviously has
What do Van Gogh paintings, antibiotics, the International Space Station, and microwave ovens have in common? In a very real way, they are all gifts from God. How so? Let’s
I take a lot of heat from some of my bibliophile friends when I say that, generally speaking, the literary classics are wasted on high school students. The reason is
This morning I came home from an errand to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade ending the constitutional right to an abortion. This means states