This article by Terry Teachout speaks to the power of music. Evidently the U. S. Government used various musical selections to torture the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Teachout concludes, I nevertheless find it significant — and not a little comforting — that the titles on Reprieve’s ...

So says A. W. Tozer. More: The test is, Whom do these Christians want to be like? Who excites them and makes their eyes shine with pleasure? Whom go they forth to see? Whose techniques do they borrow? Never the meek soul, never the godly saint, never the self-effacing, cross-carrying follower of Jes...

If you spend any time around Central Baptist Theological Seminary, you are bound to hear the word “indifferentism” come up (for a past post on this, see this). “Indifferentism” is a term Kevin Bauder got from J. Gresham Machen, and one he applies to those who are orthodox in ...

WHEN YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,AND MONEY IS TIGHT ON BOTH ENDS, REMEMBER THAT THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, IS YOUR LOVE OF JESUS IN THE MANGER STALL.       ...

The Presbyterian divine Robert Lewis Dabney would, I am certain, be flabbergasted by what passes as “Reformed” worship in American evangelicalism. Years ago he gravely warned: “Blinded men are ever prone to imagine that they have religious feelings because they have sensuous animal...

Today at our family’s feast I read this prayer I had stumbled upon in the Book of Common Prayer: Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and lovingkindness to us, and to all men; particularly to those who d...

I thought I had enough here to break it up by category. Some hash related to the arts: They found a new Bach piece. Juan Diego Flórez. Remember that name. Pipedreams is 25 years old. Happy Birthday, Pipedreams. Here’s to another 25 years. You’ve all found medici.tv by now, right? They h...

In an age that collectively denies original sin,* I find I often need my imagination provoked to recall its perniciousness. I do not want merely to know that sin is bad, I want my affections to feel its weight. Jonathan Edwards provides a good response to those who would say that mankind is good, as...

I was so excited when I was asked to come photograph a family reunion for a client of mine!  We broke off into a few mini-sessions and then got everyone together for the 'grande' photos.  I had many favorites, it was hard to pick just a few to share.  Everyone was so much fun and read...

In 1 Timothy 4:13, Paul explicitly tells Timothy to read the Scripture publically in the early church: Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. We see elsewhere that he did not want the reading limited to the Scriptures of the Old Testament, but...