by Omri Miles | Apr 1, 2025 | Crook & Nib, Updates
“An ignorant population is a perilous and expensive burden to any nation.” What J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) said about nations is equally true of churches. An ignorant congregation is a perilous and expensive burden to the church because all that God demands of his people...
by Omri Miles | Dec 16, 2024 | Crook & Nib
Earlier this month, a group of leaders in the biblical counseling movement that included scholars, authors, practitioners, and pastors wrote and signed The Sufficiency Statement. I am, gratefully, one of those original signatories. I have never signed a public...
by Omri Miles | Oct 1, 2024 | Crook & Nib
In his musings on practical atheism, Stephen Charnock reminds his readers why they must prize and study the Scriptures: “When the revelation is despised, the revealer will be of little esteem.”* This captures the basic truth that esteeming the Scriptures is the means...
by Omri Miles | Sep 10, 2024 | Crook & Nib
The writer of Psalm 119, at times, expresses his own personal delight in God’s word (v. 16, 35, 47, 70). At other times in this mammoth portion of Scripture, the psalmist asserts that God’s word is his delight (see v. 24, 77, 92, 143, 174). The former is a statement...
by Omri Miles | Sep 10, 2024 | Updates
Due to the expected landfall of Hurricane Francine tomorrow afternoon, our usual Midweek Bible Study has been cancelled. Lord willing, we will meet again on Wednesday, September 18th to continue our study on The Home. All the earlier messages in the current series can...
