PCA General Assembly Worship Services – Worship Service 3

The third and final worship service, held on Thursday, June 18, was called “A Renewed World”. Attendance at this service was spotty, due to the Assembly ending early and the service being moved up to 4:30pm from 5:30pm. (This also meant that the cellist for the evening was on his way to the Assembly during [...]

The Investment Banker and his Mentor, a parable

Daniel was an investment banker who worked for a national bank in their downtown Houston office. One afternoon while waiting for the bus, he ran into Dr. Clark, his finance professor and mentor from college. Having a few extra minutes, they walked down to the Flying Saucer and caught up over a drink. They talked [...]

Book Review – NT Wright, Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision

I have just finished reading and have posted a book review for NT (Tom) Wright’s latest book Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision.  Here is the first paragraph: Reading a book by NT Wright on Justification and then hearing his critics is like listening to a majestic symphony and then hearing someone complain about the [...]

The Coming Evangelical Collapse

Michael Spencer has edited his excellent, thought-provoking 3-part series from Internet Monk into a single article at The Christian Science Monitor. Millions of Evangelicals will quit. Thousands of ministries will end. Christian media will be reduced, if not eliminated. Many Christian schools will go into rapid decline. I’m convinced the grace and mission of God [...]

I Shot the Sheriff But I Did Not Shoot Gustav Holst

I just heard a ringtone of Holst’s Jupiter Chorale from The Planets suite set to a reggae beat. I think I’m going to cry.

New address for CyberHymnal

The CyberHymnal has moved to a new host. The previous host is unwilling to give up the domain name.