By MRP I so enjoy Brazilian music, especially music from the one they call the Gershwin of Bossa Nova, Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim. Here, virtuoso guitarist plays Corcovado. Enjoy! By the way, [...]
By MRP The New Testament describes three pictures of the church: The body of Christ, with each believer as a member of that body (1 Corinthians 12). The building/temple of Christ, with each [...]
By MRP Over Holy Week, I read through a wonderful book by D.A. Carson (has he written a bad book?) called Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus. In a chapter dealing with who many have [...]
By MRP The phrase, “Thus says the Lord,” or “The Lord spoke” occurs 3800 times! The plenary verbal inspiration of the Scriptures is the orthodox view that every Word is inspired (breathed out) by [...]
By MRP This is the tale end of a BBC 4 special (I would guess sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s) between premiere jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) and pianist/conductor Andre [...]
By MRP If you’ve watched old movies, you will notice a distinct accent and articulation to their speech. It’s not British, it’s not American–so what is it? …read more [...]
By MRP At our most recent church council meeting, I posted three statements that I was hoping our leaders would absorb. They are: We’re all in this together. Whatever it takes. Till Christ [...]
By MRP Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German preacher and theologian who helped the Christians endure the opposition and persecution of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany wrote one of the most influential [...]
By MRP What do we mean today by the verb to save? Ask someone at random on the streets of Seattle what the verb “to save” means, and what will be the response? Someone who is worried about his [...]