Blog

Keith D. Stanglin 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 On September 1, 2021, the Center for Christian Studies was

M. Todd Hall The author and his daughter YOLOing, ca. 2014 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 15As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; 16the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. 17But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousn

Keith D. Stanglin Read parts one, two, and three of this series. And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22 In this series of posts, I’ve suggested two institutions that, from a certain perspective, it seems God wanted for Israel, but he in fact didn’t want them. The king and the temple were ideas introduc