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This episode has brief reflections on remembering the significance of the Reformation for today. https://www.calvinistpicard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Captains-Log-Episode-11-Reformation-500-103117-10.09-PM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
This episode features thoughts on cultural engagement as well as brief reviews of The Orville and Star Trek Discovery. https://www.calvinistpicard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Captains-Log-Episode-10-The-Way-Forward.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We are in the midst of international unrest, national disaster, and division on every side. We don’t need theologizing, but we do need good theology. We need lamentation, not explanation. The church must get back to weeping with those who…
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The reformation was much more than one man or 95 theses, but neither should be underestimated in conjunction with the gospel truth they conveyed. The remarkably simple and unbelievably scandalous grace proclaimed ushered in an era of transformation we still…
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How should Christians engage with ideas? Biblically, intellectually, and graciously. https://www.calvinistpicard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Captains-Log-Episode-9-71217-9.41-PM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
God is worth His word being studied well. Great care should go into reading, meditating upon, and assigning meaning to sacred scripture. However, one can drift from appreciating the gravity of the task to being weighed down by personal dogma….
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A brief look at making the simplicity of the great commission more difficult than it has to be or should be. https://www.calvinistpicard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Captains-Log-Episode-8-6517-8.31-PM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
This episode briefly encourages those in the reformed camp towards graciousness and open-mindedness within reason. https://www.calvinistpicard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Captains-Log-Episode-7-5917-1.33-PM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Knowing the source of all wisdom isn’t the same as knowing it all. Christians find themselves in the unique position of spiritual enlightenment, which has supernatural implications (1 Corinthians 2:6-14). Nonetheless, this knowledge should lead to maturity, not arrogance. There are three…
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Grace is unpredictable. It gives strength, but demands weakness. We are sustained through difficulties by grace, but also led into affliction. It offers mercy to our enemies as quickly as ourselves. In the arms of grace we are comforted and frightened….
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