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Uncontrollable Anxiety
from Burk Parsons Jan 06, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
In the middle of writing my column this month I deleted what I wrote and have started over because I just received word from one of my closest friends that his wife, pregnant with their long-awaited second child, might be experiencing a miscarriage. My heart is overwhelmed with sorrow not knowing what the future holds for them. As I write, my friend and his wife are on their way to the doctor’s office. Having experienced the miscarriage of our first child years ago, my wife and I can empathize with our friends. Those who have experienced the loss of a child not-yet-born know the fear and anxiety I’m speaking of. Words fail us as we try to express the pain of such loss. As a man, a friend, a pastor, I have few words of wisdom for him as he seeks to comfort his wife and as they both seek comfort from our sovereign Lord. Keep Reading Keep Reading -
Resolving to be Resolved
from Burk Parsons Dec 31, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
It seems that every new year, we are caught up in a whirlwind of well-intentioned resolutions. With premeditated bursts of enthusiasm, those closest to us begin to take part in peculiar, and sometimes public activities that even cause neighborhood children to look puzzled. We find ourselves bearing witness to surprising edicts and seemingly self-conscious new year’s manifestos whereupon we are summoned to behold what sweeping changes may come — resolutions for impending dispositions, impossible diets, and impenetrable fortresses of discipline. Keep Reading -
An Interview with Dr. Michael Horton (pt. 4)
from Burk Parsons Dec 03, 2009 Category: Articles
This is part four of my interview with Michael Horton. You can read the first part here, the second part here and the third part here. Keep Reading -
An Interview with Dr. Michael Horton (pt. 3)
from Burk Parsons Dec 02, 2009 Category: Articles
This is part three of my interview with Michael Horton. You can read the first part here and the second part here. Keep Reading -
An Interview with Dr. Michael Horton (pt. 2)
from Burk Parsons Dec 01, 2009 Category: Articles
This is part two of my interview with Michael Horton. You can read the first part here. Keep Reading -
An Interview with Dr. Michael Horton
from Burk Parsons Nov 30, 2009 Category: Articles
Mike Horton is a husband, a father, and a pastor. He's also a professor, an editor, and a prolific author. From reading his long list of academic credentials you might get the impression that he's an ivory-tower theologian with no time or concern for people. I recently had the opportunity to interview Mike. Keep Reading -
Pardoned and Glorified
from Burk Parsons Nov 07, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
If you've read Victor Hugo's classic work Les Miserables, or if you've seen the stage production or film, you'll recall the scene wherein the bitter criminal Jean Valjean has been released from prison and finds safe harbor at a bishop's home. Instead of returning the bishop's kindness, Valjean steals his silver, strikes him, and flees in the night. Keep Reading -
A Man Created in God’s Image
from Burk Parsons Nov 03, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
In 1998 a dear friend prompted me to get involved working with Dr. Tom Woodward and the C. S. Lewis Society. A few months later I found myself at dinner with Phillip E. Johnson, noted law professor at Berkeley and author of Darwin on Trial. During my time with Dr. Johnson I learned two very important things. Keep Reading -
Hypocritical Hypocrisy
from Burk Parsons Oct 05, 2009 Category: Articles
Coram Deo: Living Before the Face of God
I just began reading a book by a well-known pastor who, in the opening pages, referred to himself as a "professional hypocrite." Being a pastor, he is all too familiar with the hypocrite label that is so often leveled at pastors. On the surface it certainly seems appropriate for all pastors, and for that matter all Christians to admit that we are hypocrites. However, if we really understand what it means to be a hypocrite, then we should do everything necessary to avoid being labeled as such. We must be careful not to become hypocritical in acting as if being called a hypocrite doesn't matter. Furthermore, we must not think for a minute that just because you announce you are a hypocrite that you are not a hypocrite. While we must always strive to be genuine and honest people of God in all that we do, admitting our faults and confessing our sins to the church and the world, we also must always strive to be people who are known by the church and the world to be striving after true holiness. Keep Reading -
An Interview With Keith Mathison (pt. 2)
from Burk Parsons Oct 01, 2009 Category: Articles
This is part two of an interview with Keith Mathison. Click here to read part one. Keep Reading
