John Mark Hicks, Come to the Table: Revisioning the Lord’s Supper , explores themes of the Eucharist in such a fresh manner. Those who come to the Table are confessing that Jesus is the Lord and that they are in submission to Jesus the Lord. We cannot sit at the table of the Lord and of demons; there’s a religious commitment at work in the Table. The Table both consummates the week and sets the tone for the week: it speaks of... Read more

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more

Click on the photo and you can see why some folks don’t want any part of walking across that rope bridge. Read more

Blog Book Review:There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by Antony Flew Questions: How does the “conversion” of a notorious atheist strengthen your faith? What are the most important philosophical questions regarding the existence of God? What are the most important pieces of scientific evidence in this debate? Antony Flew was a leading philosopher and atheist of the mid to late twentieth century. He taught at several distinguished schools, including Oxford, Aberdeen, and Reading.... Read more

We left Dublin and headed for Belfast and at Belfast we managed to escape the temptation to examine Cerrickfergus Castle so we could take a more leisurely drive up the coast to the Antrim Coast on the top of the north of Ireland. Here is a picture on the way up and then of us on the Antrim Coast. Read more

On the Antrim Coast, not far west from Carrick-a-Rede (pictures yesterday), is a set of formations that is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. As the volcanic stuff cooled, it cracked into mostly hexagon pieces. Incredible. Read more

This is an incredible series being offered to us by Matt Edwards: a nine part summary and response to Douglas Campbell’s mega-book, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul . Thanks to Matt Edwards. The Deliverance of God 8–Contradictions between Justification Theory and Paul’s Actual Preaching We are evaluating Douglas Campbell’s rereading of Romans 1-4 as presented in The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul. In the book, Campbell rejects “justification theory”... Read more

On the far north coast of Ireland, what is called the Antrim Coast, you can find the remains of an old fortress but the only way to cross from the mainland parts of the place to the outer island is to take this rope bridge … it was fun. I am returning to the mainland here. Here is a picture of the craggy rough coast on the walk out to the rope bridge. Read more

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Next to Skellig Michael is Skellig Little, and the island is overtaken by Gannets. I took this picture into the sky, so it’s a bit too light, but if you click on the picture it will blow up and you can see them everywhere. (Nearly all that white is gannets, but some of it is of course guano.) Read more