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Mercy (of Shakespearean scale)
02.18.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I spent a year at a large university studying the works of Shakespeare without ever wondering if Shakespeare was a Christian or not. At least, I don’t recall ever being challenged by the notion. It must be that I...
02.16.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Philip Graham Ryken, by his own admission, is not a biblical scholar. He was invited, though, to speak on the podcast, Exegetically Speaking, on the topic of The Welfare of the City. The talk is very short...
02.12.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I have not read Jennie Pollock’s book, Only If: Finding Contentment in the Face of Lack and Longing. Ben Virgo over at Christian Heritage London conducts this wonderful interview with...
02.11.21 | Shepherding | by Eric Mullinax
Why are companies willing to fork out so much money on marketing? Well, there appears to be good reasons! ... Millenia before Madison Avenue marketers were persuading customers to judge by image, wrapping, and covers, we were already judging by...
02.11.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Last month, one of our elders shared with me a post about Pastor Robert G. Raymond (1915-1990). Dr. Rayburn was a very significant hero of American Presbyterianism. You can read...
Church Planting During a Pandemic
02.09.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
How about beginning the month of February with a bit of heart-warming joy! Take a look at Chattanooga’s church-planting scene (is it a scene?) through the eyes of Pastor Benjie Slaton...
Children and Corporate Worship
02.05.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Not just moms and dads, but everyone who notices Little Theologians Sunday morning at CPC, I want to commend Jared Kennedy’s thoughts on children in worship (published at Credo Magazine). He asks a poignant...
02.04.21 | Shepherding | by John Jones
How are you processing the things you’ve witnessed about your own hearts? I don’t think this is an easy philosophical and emotional challenge.
A Better Way to Read Biblical Prophecy
02.04.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Paul House is a professor of Old Testament at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham (faculty page). He is an excellent commentator on the OT prophets and his Old Testament Survey has become a standard for...
02.02.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Multiple tornadoes swept through (and swept away much of) our East Brainerd community. This happened the evening of Easter Sunday, 2020. As best as they could, the deacons of our church mobilized the Mercy Committee to not...
