Hans Boersma wants us to know that Gregory of Nyssa is not, in fact, “hot and bothered.”

“The Beatific Vision is what happens when the eternity in our hearts becomes the eternity in our eyes.” Junius Johnson, The Father of Lights: A Theology of Beauty

When I started my dissertation a year ago, I wrote this prayer for myself and hung it up by my computer. I’ve prayed it hundreds of times, and it has been answered hundreds of times. God loves our small prayers.

If we could see the extent of the church as she gathers today—the billions, the colours, the outfits, the range of languages and liturgies—it would be beyond our imagination. She is glorious. And she reflect the glory of an even more magnificent Saviour. Happy Lord’s Day!

Continental philosopher vs analytic philosopher

So proud of you Jordan Williams

Today at Southern Seminary, my wonderful wife, Chessa Williams, successfully defended her dissertation, “Worship as Witness: The Subject and the Glory of God.” Congratulations Chessa! I’m so proud of you!

We did a fun thing today! Chessa Williams

NOTRE DAME IS GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!! ☘️🏆 #GoIrish #CFBPlayoff

I got to hold a bound copy of my wife’s dissertation before she returns home from a trip. A reminder to me of God’s undeserved faithfulness to my family and the extraordinary industriousness of Chessa Williams. I’m so proud of you, love!

If you want to see a new generation leading and loving the worship of God, begin training them. Now. My newest issue of the newsletter gives my BEST tips. Link in reply

On the power of the imagination: “To me, imagination is key to morality. If you can’t imagine what it is to live in someone else’s head, then you’re more likely to hurt them.” –Michael Chabon (via Mary McCampbell, "Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy")

If you subordinate the Son, there are devastating consequences for our communion with God. Subordination compromises our salvation, says Michael Reeves.

If the Son submits from eternity anyway, the gospel is robbed of its punch. EFS (eternal functional subordination) steals away the scandal of it all. The Son so humbled himself that he learned obedience by what he suffered. - Matthew Barrett Watch Q/A from Credo Conference!

Tomorrow is a first! I've never had a GUEST POST on my newsletter before! The infatigable Dr. Chessa Wathen Williams turns her formidable attention and pen toward the consideration of beauty. Don't miss it!

I refuse to surrender the em-dash to AI. Some things are worth defending.

How should we leave a worship service? John Witvliet says the question isn’t “Did I like the music?” It’s “Did the music help me to pray?” It’s a shift from consumerism to communion.

God’s goal for his people is not merely that they might be saved, but that they might be glorified, that the dust of the earth might one day be like the stars above.

"Love makes waiting sweet." The final meditation in my series on Advent. Link in the reply

We're one month out from the Life & Godliness conference hosted at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California. We'd love to have you join us! gs.edu/event/24260241…