Sin and Salvation

Listening to the Bible teachers lead devotions the last two weeks here at Chamberlain-Hunt Academy I am reminded how much I admire the Reformed doctrine of sin and salvation. Emphasizing as it does the lost-ness and broken-ness of man, and the resulting separation between God and man, the Reformed doctrine of salvation has real punch. …

Some Thoughts on Living above the Rules

The cadets here at Chamberlain-Hunt live a very regimented life. To illustrate, I will describe what happens when they eat. Before meals they form up into their platoons and companies at the parade deck and march to the Dining Facility. Each company waits outside and when the line clears the company enters the Dining Facility …

A Meditation on the Expansive Love of God

This morning's reading in Morning Prayer was from Rev. 7. Verses 9ff are as follows: I saw before me a huge crowd which no one could count from every nation and race, people and tongue. They stood before the throne and the Lamb, dressed in long white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. …

Happy Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything Day

One of my favorite stories is Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy. The late Douglas Adams originally wrote it as a serial radio drama for the BBC. It later morphed into a five-book trilogy and, after his death, a movie. A brief advertisement: The BBC's serialized radio drama is by far the best version in my opinion …