https://youtu.be/ygNzHqWPy3g The last video in our current series looks at the two hobbits who carried the Ring to Mordor, and what they can teach us about hope, despair, and heroism.
Justin BaileyJune 23, 2020
https://youtu.be/hVZ1dmQS5z8 Preaching Note: This is a sermon I preached at Covenant CRC on Sunday, June 14. My apologies for the muffled sound for the first seven-and-a-half minutes; my microphone fell from my tie and was caught in the folds of my jacket! Due to the…
Justin BaileyJune 17, 2020
https://youtu.be/WFlafAfLifM Part six of the series on Gandalf, who wakes characters from despair
Justin BaileyJune 16, 2020
Here are five books that immediately come to my mind, each coming into my hands at providential moments. I will place them in the order I encountered them. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison I was assigned to read this book when I was a junior…
Justin BaileyJune 5, 2020
https://youtu.be/BrJgMJeuDXQ A reflection on two kinds of hope, and one of my favorite passages in Tolkien's works!
Justin BaileyJune 2, 2020
Writers write. Teachers teach. Preachers preach. The vocations are distinct, to be sure. Writers seek to say something authentic and true, to "speak what we feel, not what we ought to say." Teachers hope to meet students where they are, leading them along step-by step.…
Justin BaileyJune 1, 2020
Reviewed Title: God's Sabbath with Creation: Vocations Fulfilled by James W. Skillen. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2019. 348 pp. ISBN: 9781532659508. A recent debate in Reformed circles relates to the nature of the human vocation and the new creation. Theologians like N.T. Wright and…
Justin BaileyJune 1, 2020
In the coming years, when we look back on our cultural response to the novel coronavirus, shifting attitudes towards mask-wearing will prove an interesting case study. It has been fascinating to watch how the meaning of mask-wearing has changed in so short a time. At…
Justin BaileyMay 28, 2020
