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A few years back, a well-known middle-aged pastor in D.C. got up in front of his congregation not in his usual Sunday robe but in a nice t-shirt that said “Selah.” He was making a point similar to what Bilbo Baggins did at his eleventy-first birthday party in the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring—he was leaving. Indeed, like the book of Psalms, the reverend was inserting a deliberate pause i...

May the hope of heaven remind you, this world is not your final home. Let thoughts of your true everlasting home, where joy is full, holiness is whole, and suffering is healed; let these thoughts reshape the way you think and walk even today.......

Sacrament or Ordinance?Should we use the word “sacrament” or the word “ordinance”? Can we use them interchangeably? As people shaped by the Reformation, it’s worth asking why we might consider using both.When we think about the words sacrament and ordinance, we don’t need to view them as in opposition terms. Rather, they are complementary. Both of these words are seeking to describe the same God-g...