🚂 This is entry 4 of the blogtrain The Covenants of God.
The story of how God fulfills the Covenant of Redemption is found in Chapter 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith. It’s an excellent summary. I’ll quote each section and make a few comments.
- Fish and Ships: Zach Purvis takes us to sixteenth-century Brazil with French Reformed missionary Jean de Léry.
- How to prevent someone from stealing your iCloud account.
- What are we eating in ancient Roman Palestine?
Among liberals, there’s just way higher levels of anxiety. The only level of religious attendance where that abates is those liberals who attend religious services every week. Conservatives are just less mentally anxious, and that goes even lower when it comes to those who attend monthly or more.
Ryan Burge writes about this and other interesting stats in “Political Ideology, Religious Attendance And Mental Illness.”
- This internet train station will get you to some of the more interesting and fun parts of the web.
- Help for those who have a hard time telling people about Jesus.
- What does it take to develop your own ideas/style/taste? Answers from the world of watercolor.
- Tucson 1: Wow. This photo of Adam Sandler playing basketball at the McKale Center is amazing.
- Tucson 2: A video of a coyote howling on top a Mustang went viral this week. It’s cool. Next time, make the Mustang a horse instead of a car.
- Honoring the “Weaker Vessel”: explanation and advice
If you’re looking for a good commentary on Revelation, you already have one if you have an ESV Study Bible. The notes on Revelation are written by Dr. Dennis E. Johnson, former NT Professor at Westminster Seminary California and author of Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation.
The bats were out at sunset doing BMX tricks. So cool. The artist is Stephen Fairfield. 🚲
🔗 55 years ago today, Tucson’s Frank Borman saw ‘Earthrise’
As they circled the moon, they read from the Book of Genesis in a live telecast from the orbiter:
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.”
Borman ended the broadcast with, “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth.”
- Music: The Incomparable Bola Sete by Bola Sete.
- Learn about Theo Global. I’m excited to see what they do in 2024.
- AI hallucinations are not a problem. (Via Tyler Cowen)
- Fredx3: 18 Theses on the Father and the Son
We haven’t gone full Winterhaven yet, but the new Christmas lights we got from Costco are working great, and we love all the decorations in our neighborhood.
🚂 This is entry 3 of the blogtrain The Covenants of God.
Think of all the names you have. Or all the names you call your pet. The covenants in the Bible have lots of nicknames too. The Covenant of Works, for example, is also called Covenant of Life, Covenant of Creation, and First Covenant.
Why so many names?
Listening to Navidades: Luis Miguel. What a singer! If only the album cover had less cheese rizz. 🎵
🚂 This is entry 2 of the blogtrain The Covenants of God.
AKA: pactum salutis, foedus redemptionis
🚂 This is entry 1 of the blogtrain The Covenants of God.
What is a covenant? A covenant is a solemn promise that establishes a relationship.