Doug Pagitt: I would like a response.

Wow. Two posts in one day.
Have to post about this. Some of you who read here also read about this at Pyromanics. John MacArthur was on CNN a short while ago debating about whether Christians should engage in yoga with Doug Pagitt (apparently another pastor of note, I am not familiar with him).
MacArthur was crisp [...]

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Confessions of a former psychology major.

Yes, you read it correctly. In college I majored in psychology with a minor in applied statistics. I originally moved to Nebraska as a graduate student in counseling psychology. Shortly after I was born again, and immediately began seeing the conflicts between the humanism of psychology and the Bible’s testimony about human nature. After a [...]

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An open letter to rancor.

Recently I’ve been reading some response on this here internet about John MacArthur’s message at this year’s Shepherd’s Conference, titled “Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is a Premillenialist”. Most of it was pretty negative. I’ve been to two Shepherd’s Conferences (2004, 2005) and they’ve been awesome. I’d go every year if I could. There have [...]

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Toward a balanced view of mortification.

Some thoughts about the mortification of the flesh, gleaned from the book study hosted in my home with some of the students in the high school ministry. Many of the students were noting the extreme positions that people take in dealing with their sin. They tied some points of note in the Kris Lundgaard book [...]

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Some more thoughts on charismatics and miracles.

First of all, my back STILL hurts. I know many of you have been anxiously awaiting word on my physical condition. I don’t know what I did, but it’s definitely different than anything I’ve done before. I’m getting to be an expert. Here’s a checklist: pinched nerve, pulled muscle, slipped vertebrae, herniated disc. Any yes: [...]

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King Jesus the Deliberate

Lately, it seems as though every time I get the opportunity to study the life of Jesus, I end up even more impressed with Him than before. Mind you that I’ve looked at the gospels my fair share of time and been pretty much unmoved. I admit this to my shame. But lately this hasn’t [...]

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Pining for the Shepherd’s Conference

The Irish Calvinist gets credit for guessing the latest riddle here at Ikonograph. To jog your memories, the riddle was ‘What are the only man-made objects in heaven?” The answer is “the holes in Christ’s hands and side.” Our beloved Irish Calvinist guessed “the nails” but he basically got it. This riddle is drawn from [...]

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