"Tabernacle" comes from tabernaculum (tent), diminutive of taberna (hut, inn; root of "tavern"). Tabernacle = God's little tavern.

I see there's a discussion of Christian horror afoot. Check out this Theopolis Conversation on the subject. theopolisinstitute.com/conve…

Don’t let the sun go down on your anger, Paul says. If you don’t, you give room for the devil to move in. The devil is a slanderer and accuser, and the more anger and resentment you bottle up, the more satanic you become. Eventually, you lose every ability except the ability to accuse. Any pastor who has tried to untangle a broken marriage has encountered this hell.

The church is inherently political. She bears the destiny, and manifests the destination, of all nations.

Why sing Psalms? Jesus is the Word incarnate. Being Word, all Scripture's words cohere in Him. The Psalter provides much of the scaffolding for NT Christology. The Psalter's words are words about and of Jesus. Singing Psalms, the Psalter impresses its shape into our souls, which is the shape of Jesus the Word.

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Infant baptism is often described as an endorsement of the natural family. Wrong. That misconstrues character of baptism, which is the death-waters of the flood and the Sea. We baptize families to drown them, so they can be resuscitated within the family of the church.

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Many Christians are instinctive legalists. They look for some objective rule, some law to decide everything for them. They don't want to make decisions. They want to outsource all their decisions to God. Of course, the Bible is full of laws and rules. God demands obedience. But His law aims to guide us to maturity, so we learn to make wise decisions. Torah exists to produce Solomons. God wants to produce grateful Solomons. Thankfulness is the only wise way to live in a world of gift. Gratitude is our primary posture in the world, the key constraint on our doing and making. Every time we give thanks, we remind ourselves we should receive and use the world to advance our Father's purposes. Gratitude is inoculation against idolatry. Truly grateful hands won't shape idols. Perfect gratitude casts out fear. Every time we give thanks, we're assured our Father won't let us, or His world, slip through His fingers. Now: Do that with AI.

Later this year, I'm offering a three-week online Workshop on gift and gratitude. Registration open. theopolisinstitute.com/cours…

Leviticus recaps the creation week: Day 1: Draw near through light of sacrificial fire, Lev 1-7. Day 2: Aaron and sons are true images of God, Lev 8-10. Day 3: Separate clean and unclean, land and sea, Lev 11-15. Day 4: Aaron passes through firmament on Day of Atonement, Lev 16-17. Day 5: Covering and nakedness, Lev 18-20. Day 6: Regulations for Adamic priests, Lev 21-22. Day 7: Calendar, Jubilee, and devoted things, Lev 23-27.

Upcoming Theopolis/Immanuel Reformed Church/@tacticalfaith discussion on AI. September 12, 7 pm, Third Presbyterian Church, Birmingham. immanuelreformed.org/2026/08…