What happens after the death of the first apostle? What does the church do in response? Nothing. And that tells us a lot about the apostolate.

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Ridderbos. Raid Boss. Special attack: "Dutch Accent: Boss unleashes a powerful, unintelligible blast of Dutch that silences all players in a cone for 3 seconds."

Thankful to be a part of this team at Crossway, and more than a little humbled that my commentary on First and Second Peter is scheduled to be one of the first out! Glad for the opportunity and praying it will be useful.

Warfield: "the knowledge of God is given in the very same act by which we know self" (*Calvin and Calvinism* 31)

Luther (ft. Ligon Duncan) Podcast Episode · RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · 10/08/2025 · 55m

Special guest @ligonduncan joins the @RTSWashington faculty podcast for a discussion of Martin Luther. Fascination discussion of the will, faith, sacraments, and recent discussions @TheRestHistory

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"All Things New," not "All New Things" People are kind; the righteous and the unrighteous build beautiful things; we care for our people, beautify our spaces, love our pets, and share our lives with one another. All of this creates little ...

Wanting to discover "new physics?" The New Heavens and New Earth will deliver

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Special Episode: On Teaching and Preaching (ft. Scott Redd) Podcast Episode · RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · 09/12/2025 · 33m

Don't miss this VERY special episode in which Real Pastor Scott Redd critiques my intro then chats about what makes a sermon a sermon.

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Hegel Podcast Episode · RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · 09/11/2025 · 43m

Is The Faculty Podcast dead? Was the summer of encore episodes a sign of decline?

μὴ γένοιτο! We just started our 7th season! Check out our first episode on "Dead Influencers": Hegel.

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Why does it take Jesus two visits to accomplish his work? On the cross Jesus said "it is finished" (John 19:30). If Jesus completed his work as the Messiah on the cross, then why does he need to come back to the earth? Why does Jesus come twice?

"This Jesus, who was taken up into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go" (Acts 1:11).

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Did the Apostles Know they Were Writing Scripture? There is no good reason to think the predication of "scripture" upon Paul's writing is anachronistic within Paul's lifetime.

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Your friendly reminder that it's all right there in Hebrews.

The more I read it the more I think 2 Peter is masterfully organized. It's a fractal. It's a theme and variation that clearly signals the repetition but somehow never gets repetitive (like Tchaikovsky's 5th). It's a remix and a collage but also it's own thing.

He not only numbers every hair on our heads, but also tracks their movement as the wind blows (Luke 12:7), and yet we are like grass (1 Pet. 1:24-25; LXX Ps. 89:5).

It is surprising because it encourages the reader to consider how slow and precise and methodical and intentional is God's perception of, and reaction to, every event that occurs, while simultaneously reminding them how insignificant, from a cosmic perspective, is the expanse of a single day.

Peter appends a line to Ps. 90's "a thousand years is as one day" in 2 Pet 3:8: "a day is as a thousand years" for God. It's an incredible move. God is both too fast and too slow, and yet in all things he responds precisely when he means to, and always with redemptive purpose.

Excited to be going to ETS this year! And glad for the opportunity to actually write about this one. 2 Peter 3:9 is way under appreciated.

And yes, it's a chiasm.

The whole of the Christian religion, whether we're talking about personal salvation or a way of life, indicative or imperative, matters of history or theology or ethics, comes down to this:

"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" John 13:34.

A Wizard is Never Late On the one hand, the delay is a function of God's desire to see "everyone" repent, since he does not desire the death of the wicked. At the same time, it allows the people of God to grow (in the case ...

Why does God wait?
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A god who is not angry is a god that does not love.

Just a friendly Sabbath reminder that everything lovely endures forever

The Bible is a book written over thousands of years by a multitude of authors who share completely different contexts that claims to present a single and comprehensive narrative for the entire cosmos.

Even if it's "just" literature, there really is no other literature like it.

"He who rejoices at finding an uncashed check will soon discover an unpaid bill."

Proverbs somewhere

It's as if "evolution" is this grand cosmic force directing all life in a worldwide dance that leads to greater and greater fullness.

Weird.

I listen to a LOT of science podcasts, and it's interesting that whenever they talk about evolution they personify the term and use the language of design.

"Evolution optimized our vascular system" etc.

After much help and advice I've now fully migrated to vim+latex for writing--something I've been trying to finalize since dissertation days.

And I love it. Platform independence. Distraction free. Beautiful. With all the features I love in Word.

My sabbatical begins!

With a snow day, writing by the fire, and the dog wondering why I'm not at work.

Does Christmas Really Matter? The first Christmas changed everything forever. ((This post is adapted from a devotional I wrote for my church, McLean Presbyterian.)) And let’s be clear about what that means. Christmas is not an ide...

"But then Christmas is over. We go back to work. The kids start fighting again. Old wounds are remembered, or worse: re-applied. The lights come down, the tree is dragged out to the curb, and the snow (if there was any) is now black with dirt and salt and soot."
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It is purely a coincidence that I asked my kids to proofread this.

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