“Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.”1
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Posted in The Institutes, Theology
Tagged Christ, Christian Religion, Christianity, Christians, Church, God, Gospel, Institutes, Jesus, The Institutes of the Christian Religion, Wisdom
Several months ago I started doing something new, in an effort to become more authentic on the blog, and joined Joy, a writer I’ve come to know, in sharing about life: unmasked. I’m grateful for Joy’s allowing me to participate in this blog meme, and look forward to sharing some of my struggles, questions, and failures.
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Posted in life: unmasked
Tagged Christianity, Christians, Church, Ecclesiastes, God, Gospel, Happiness, idolatry, Jesus, Joy, Life Unmasked, Peace, Solomon
At the recent Together for the Gospel conference, David Platt, author of Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, delivers a message on “The Fuel of Death-Defying Missions.”
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Posted in Conferences, T4G
Tagged Americal Wealth, Americanism, Christianity, David Platt, Jesus, Lord, Radical, Savior, T4G, The Gospel, The Great Commission, Together For The Gospel
This is the weekend we celebrate something unbelievable. Perhaps one of the most important days in the Christian religion, the other being Advent, when we celebrate something else that is simply unbelievable. Advent marks the birth of Jesus Christ, born to a virgin. Resurrection Sunday marks the day that child born of a virgin was raised from the dead. Two impossibly unbelievable bookends to this Man’s life on earth. And this Man’s life was continuously filled with and marked by other impossible events. Healing the sick, commanding the lame to walk, defeating an army of demons housed inside of a man with but a word, and causing the blind to see.
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Posted in Theology
Today, I have a pleasure and privilege of guest-posting at Preston’s blog as part of his latest series, At The Lord’s Table. I’ve been in church my entire life. I grew up in a non-denominational church (read: charismatic/pentecostal but doesn’t want the heat that comes with embracing the denomination) until I was 20. Then I began attending a First Baptist Church where God breathed life into me. Ironic, given that many of those I knew at my old church would consider this a “spiritually dead” church. Yet, that is where God chose to make me spiritually alive, or at least finally feel that way. Continue reading on Preston’s blog
Posted in Theology
Recently, I read one of Preston’s posts at A Deeper Story. One of his posts was the first post I read at A Deeper Story, and I quickly began following both Preston’s blog and A Deeper Story. In this post, Preston writes about the tension he feels in his life when it comes to gender roles. I am absolutely grateful for thoughtful, deep posts about important topics, and am incredibly thankful that the grace and mercy of the cross allows for different and incomplete (or non-concrete) views on important topics. I began typing up a response, and it quickly grew too long to post as a comment, so I decided to post it here instead.
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Posted in Theology
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Christians, Church, Complementarianism, Deeper Story, Gender Roles, God, Jesus
Darrin Patrick has said that there is a “man crisis” in today’s church. One could argue that this is a consistent theme among God’s people, and humanity in general, beginning with Adam. Mark Driscoll has said that in becoming a Christian, particularly for men, we must put forth an effort to be like Jesus and not like our earthly father Adam. While both of these statements ring true, it has left me with a question of how men are to step up and do what we can to resolve this “man crisis” by being more like Jesus and less like Adam. This is why I am incredibly grateful for Pastor Voddie Baucham’s latest book, Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes, which Crossway books was kind enough to send me as part of their book review program.
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Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Christianity, Christians, Crossway Books, Family Shephers, Gender Roles, God, Jesus, Voddie Baucham
In an effort to become more authentic in the blog, I’ve started doing something new, and joined Joy, a new writer I’ve come to know, in sharing about life: unmasked. I’m grateful for Joy’s allowing me to participate in this blog meme, and look forward to sharing some of my struggles, questions, and failures.
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Posted in life: unmasked
Tagged Christian, Christianity, Christians, Ephesians, God, Gospel, Grace, Grace of God, Jesus, Life Unmasked, Redemption, Return to Your First Love, Revelation
This past year has seen much controversy in the Church. From Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins, to Jefferson Bethke’s viral video, Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus, to Pastor Mark Driscoll’s latest book, Real Marriage. Some of the reviews and blogs I’ve read have been fair, charitable, and accurate. Some have driven me to the point of absolute frustration, wondering what non-Christians think of such hostility toward a fellow Christian.
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Posted in Life Lessons
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Christians, Disagreement, Gospel, Grace, Jefferson Bethke, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mark Driscoll, Real Marriage, Rob Bell
It interests me how whenever we read a story in Scripture, our first question is “What does this say about us?” when the whole of Scripture claims that the story of Redemption says much more about God than it does about humanity. To be sure, we need to ask that question, but we first need to ask “What does this say about Christ and the Gospel?”
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Posted in Bible Study
Tagged Christ, David and Goliath, Gospel, Gospel Project, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Matt Chandler, Moralism, Trevin Wax
