In a “Peanuts” cartoon I read recently, Lucy offered one of her unsolicited observations to Charlie Brown: “Life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going. Some place it so they can see where they have been. And some place it so they can see where they are at present.” Charlie Brown …

How best to understand Biblical application? It is important to draw a distinction between remedial application and constructive application. Remedial application is the form that application often takes in our churches today. Using this approach we come to recognize something we are doing wrong. This sort of application urges us to stop doing what we shouldn’t be doing or to …