Michael Allen Gillespie in The Theological Origins of Modernity explored the contribution of Francesco Petrarch—a monumental 14th century figure—in The Solitary Life: “At the heart of this [Petrarch’s] claim [that a public life is incompatible with virtue] is his conviction that social life is dominated by the opinions and values of the multitude, who are …
The latest edition of the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care includes a book review by Brian Owen. I’d like to share some of his wording to prompt our conversation. I won’t name the book as I haven’t read it and for this post it doesn’t matter. The book is about being an apprentice …
This site has just had a slight facelift and is gearing up for the new Cor Deo blog. Today we have stocked the shelves with a few posts from Peter and Ron’s blogs (just so we don’t have an empty blog on here!) Starting very soon we will have “conversation starter” posts on here. These …
(Just one more post for now as I “stock the shelves” of the blog . . . ) If you study through the Scriptures, it is clear that ministry is not just about the crowds. There is certainly that large-scale aspect to ministry, but we must always be alert to the smaller-scale ministry of mentoring. …
(The Cor Deo blog is going live, and we want to make sure there is some content ready to interact with already on the site . . . here is a post from earlier this year on SpreadingGoodness.org . . .) What is the role of the heart in directing our conduct? This question invites ongoing reflection. …
As we continue to place some content on the Cor Deo blog in anticipation of going live, here’s a brief post on a subject close to our hearts . . . I’ve written before on the critical subject of mentoring – such as here and here. It’s easy in ministry to be too busy to invest …
Last year I wrote a post on biblicalpreaching.net entitled “Preaching is a matter of life and death.” In the good discussion that followed I made this comment – “God has communicated in His Word (and calls us to preach that Word), in such a way as to move the heart/affections, as well as informing the mind, …
Who is God? And what is he like? A primary answer to this question is that God exists in communion. That is, the bedrock reality of God is his triune existence: he is One who exists eternally as the Father, Son, and Spirit. The Father is distinctly and only the Father; the Son is distinctly …
(This week we will be posting several articles as the Cor Deo blog goes live . . . next week we will start our regular pattern of a weekly conversation . . . ) In a lot of preaching situations it is easier to simply present the text and press home the imperatives. Whether or …
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