Back after tour of Pacific Northwest

Finally back and catching up on the blog.

Will try to put a picture or two up in the next couple of days.

As for good reading I’m working my way through: The are from Kevin DeYoung

Obedience is Possible

Glory of God- The Weight of Glory

And this looks like a good study:

Kings of Judah- A House Divided

And this quote comes from: Not Separate, But Unequal

The Belgic Confession provides a standard definition of general and special revelation.

We know him [God] by two means:

First, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe, since the universe is before our eyes like a beautiful book in which all creatures, great and small, are a letters to make us ponder the invisible things of God; his eternal power and his divinity, as the apostle Paul says in Romans 1:20.

All these things are enough to convict men and to leave them without excuse.

Second, he makes himself known to us more openly by his holy and divine Word, as much as we need in this life, for his glory and for the salvation of his own. (Article 2)

Notice that the difference between general and special revelation. The former gives us a sense of God’s power and divine nature so that we are left without excuse. The latter reveals God “more openly” so that we might be saved. The doctrine of general and special revelation was never meant to make the Bible bow to science. The heavens declare the glory of God, but the law of the Lord is perfect and the testimony of the Lord is sure (Psalm 19:1; 7). Jesus can illustrate with the lilies of the field, but “it is written” can conquer the devil.