At the core of each of us, as Calvin would say, is a factory that never tires of producing idols of every kind – gods of this world that promise life, but never ultimately deliver. At the center of this factory, one idol stands head and shoulders above the others. On one hand, it is the most beautiful, ornate, elaborate, and impressive figure of all. But, on the other hand, it is so much a part of our idol factory that it gets lost in its ordinariness.

Last year Coram Deo sent a team of people to Austin, Texas, to plant Providence Church. Jeff Lark is an Austin resident and longtime Campus Crusade staff member who is part of the launch team for Providence. This week, Jeff is writing daily reflections on the final week of Jesus' life. With his permission, I'm posting them here as well.

This diagram depicts the literary features of the book of Revelation that are important to a proper hermeneutic for that book: recapitulation, progression, and escalation.

Nick Clatterbuck outlined a number of benefits of professing our faith out loud, and specifically of working our way through the Heidelberg Catechism this year. One benefit he didn't note: knowing your Heidelberg might help you get better grades in philosophy.