Blog Posts

  • The Fringe of Mercy

    A Poem written in the voice of the woman with the bleeding condition from Luke 8, who was healed when she touched the fringe of Jesus’ garment. In the poem, her inner monologue echoes Ruth’s blessing of Boaz, recognizing Christ as her true Kinsman-Redeemer. I crept through the press of bodies, A shadow in the crowd— Twelve…

  • Moses, Not Zarathustra: Why God’s Servant is Better Than Man’s Superman

    The Battle for the Ideal Man What is the measure of a man? This question has echoed across the ages—from ancient prophets to modern philosophers. For some, like Friedrich Nietzsche, the answer lies in the invention of a new kind of man altogether—a “Superman” who rises above morality, crushes weakness, and redefines good and evil…

  • Remembering John Calvin: The Legacy of a Reformer Born for the Church and the World

    I. Introduction – A Birthday Worth Remembering On July 10, 1509, in the small cathedral town of Noyon, France, a child was born who would grow to become one of the most influential theologians and church reformers in the history of Christianity—John Calvin. Though his life would be marked by exile, controversy, and sickness, Calvin’s…

  • Breaking the Table of False Assurance: A Response to the Legacy Behind Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

    On July 8th, 1741, Jonathan Edwards delivered what would become the most famous sermon in American history—Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. It has been memorialized in textbooks as a quintessential fire-and-brimstone message, one of terror and trembling. But what’s often overlooked is why Edwards felt compelled to preach such a piercing word…

  • The Father of Lights: Knowing the Love of God, the Father

    “To be right with God the Judge is a great thing, but to be loved and cared for by God the Father is greater.”— J.I. Packer, Knowing God The Forgotten Member of the Trinity Among the persons of the Trinity, it is often the Father who remains most misunderstood—or tragically misrepresented. The Son we see…