Category Archives: Theology

What is the Gospel?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by

What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ? That’s a strange question to ask near the end of the eighth year of writing a blog that is mostly devoted to my professional interests but sometimes dabbles in things spiritual. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Christ's Person and Work, Christian Worldview, Church, Confessionalism, Denominations, Doctrine, Practical Christianity, Ravi Zacharias, The Gideons International, The Gospel, Theology, Worship

We Were Not Made for This

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

The last eight weeks have been a rollercoaster ride, for sure. Before spring break we had only begun to hear the faintest whispers of a new virus that had originated in China and “might” pose a threat elsewhere. By the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Formation, Christian Worldview, Church, College Hill Presbyterian Church, COVID-19, Digital Revolution, Liturgy, Lord's Day, Politics, Practical Christianity, Prayer, Preaching, Quarantine, Social Media, Society, Technology, Theology, Videoconferencing, Worship

Downhill Bible Reading

Posted on April 5, 2020 by

Perhaps I’ve grabbed your attention with the weird title, but I should clarify that I’m not writing today to introduce you to some extreme sport that somehow combines rapid descending speeds with reading large books. The title is apt, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Assurance, Bible, Christian Formation, Practical Christianity, Reading and Study, Theology

Success Flows from Rightly Ordered Thinking…In Music and In Life

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

Instead of taking my usual summer break from blogging, over the past few weeks I have written a little series I have called “Essential Concepts in Brass Playing.” A recurring theme in each of those posts is the importance of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alto Trombone, Apologetics, Baritone Horn, Bass Trombone, Bible, Books, C.S. Lewis, Christ's Person and Work, Christian Worldview, David Hanscom, Essential Concepts in Brass Playing, Euphonium, Francis Schaeffer, Howard Schubiner, John Sarno, Music, Pain, Pedagogy, Performing, Physical Fitness, Playing Fundamentals, Political Systems, Practical Christianity, Practicing, Repentance, Society, Steve Ozanich, Teaching Low Brass, Tenor Trombone, Theology, Trombone, Truth, Tuba

Placing Scriptures and Praying for “Phillips:” an Exhortation for the Oxford Gideons “Rally Day”

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

Early this morning (28 April 2019) Gideons from throughout our region gathered at First Baptist Church of Oxford. The occasion was this year’s “Rally Day,” a day on which Gideon speakers visit numerous churches in an area in order to speak … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Evangelism, The Gideons International, Theology