January 2024 – Standing Before God, This We Are and No More

God’s Flaming Glory – Post 16 – God’s Glory in Wrath and Hell, According to Jonathan Edwards So far in this series, we have covered Edwards’ understanding of God’s glory as His Triune goodness communicated to His church. We saw him write in wonderful terms about God’s Triune glory before creation, in creation, inContinue reading “God’s Glory in Wrath and Hell”

Slaying Leviathan Book Review

When I picked up Slaying Leviathan I wasn’t expecting to read a complete history of Western political thought and the resistance of the Christian Tradition to tyranny (or Leviathan, as the author calls a tyrannical state). This book is helpful is setting our perspective on a long history of development, and therefore helping usContinue reading “Slaying Leviathan Book Review”

God’s Flaming Glory – Post 15 – God’s Glory in Dependence, According to Jonathan Edwards

In the last post, we saw the glory of God in the believer’s union in Christ. That union is the marrow of Christian existence. Now we will see the blood that runs through the veins of the Christian: trust in God. This, too, reveals the glory of God. If you would like to accessContinue reading “God’s Flaming Glory – Post 15 – God’s Glory in Dependence, According to Jonathan Edwards”

God’s Flaming Glory – Post 14 – God’s Glory in Union, According to Jonathan Edwards

Click here to go to the series page that lists all posts, and provides a series overview. In the last post, we saw how God’s glory in His grand design of redemption. God’s plan is to communicate Himself to His Beloved Bride, the church. Now, in this post, we will ask how God’s grandContinue reading “God’s Flaming Glory – Post 14 – God’s Glory in Union, According to Jonathan Edwards”

Beware the Web

Reflections on Internet Usage Content advisory: this article references sensitive content. Throughout this article I will refer to “the internet” doing something several times. When I do, I do not mean that the internet as a tool or as an inanimate object is trying to do something of its own accord (like Skynet inContinue reading “Beware the Web”

A Brief Response to Owen Strachan on Alistair Begg

Sensitive content warning. I don’t like writing about these things, but here we are. You can alsofind a video I uploaded on this issue here: https://youtu.be/7FseGTIRwRw?si=uTicNcQevvXDAeVZ You can find Owen’s post here: https://owenstrachan.substack.com/p/unrighteous-wedding-invitations-a?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2 You can also find my original post here: https://standingbeforegodblog.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/alistair-begg-weddings-grace-and-truth-in-a-twisted-world/. This post is not intended to be an argument for or against anyone’sContinue reading “A Brief Response to Owen Strachan on Alistair Begg”

Learning to Lament Book Review

This book is a wonderful pastorally sensitive work on learning to grieve well. Is it permissible to grieve? And how do we do it? Paul Mallard answers these questions and more in Learning to Lament. Paul pastorally works through the difficulties of learning how to grieve in a Christ-like way. Lamentation is an expression ofContinue reading “Learning to Lament Book Review”

Alistair Begg, Weddings, Grace and Truth in a Twisted World

Today I recorded a video commenting on a video published by Alistair Begg back in September. If you would like that thirty-minute episode, please contact me at standingbeforegodblog@gmail.com, or if you are a friend of mine, feel free to contact me directly. I retain the right to deny any request as I would prefer sendingContinue reading “Alistair Begg, Weddings, Grace and Truth in a Twisted World”

Scripture is Supreme Book Review

This is an important, easy to read book. It’s about why the Bible is important. In it, Tim Chester explains why the Bible is the supreme authority as a guide in life, a guide to God, and the authority over all other authorities. If you don’t know about what the Bible (Scripture) is or whyContinue reading “Scripture is Supreme Book Review”