A preacher’s nightmare
Like many dreams, the details began to fade very rapidly, only a few of them sticking, but the vivid impression remains. In this dream, I had (I presume) been invited to preach. I knew the building, more or less. It…
Month June 2013
Chapter 24
i. Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband, at the same time. ii. Marriage…
The Myth of Persecution
Candida Moss, The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom (New York: HarperOne 2013), 320 pp., $25.99 This is an entertaining, at times thought-provoking, but deeply flawed book. For all of its underlying scholarship, it is…
The Myth of Persecution
Candida Moss, The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom (New York: HarperOne 2013), 320 pp., $25.99 This is an entertaining, at times thought-provoking, but deeply flawed book. For all of its underlying scholarship, it is…
Why the Bride of Christ Loves Theology
This week my husband and I will be celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary. So, like everyone does around their anniversary, I have been thinking back to the people we were when we said, “I do.” I was a mere 21…
A New Tribe?
Whenever I read the word “tribe” as it relates to Christianity or even readers in general, I get uncomfortable. I have written about this before, as well as the branding that goes along with it. Today I read about a…
Mephibosheth, Lazarus, and Me
In my free time I have been doing one of my favorite activities, reading on the porch. But free time is something I kind of pilfer. You know, I’m a housewife, so me and the dog sneak out there ninja-style,…
Student Reading for the Summer
I am doing some guided reading for a couple of students at Cornerstone this summer. This is the list and accompanying rationale: Martyn Lloyd Jones, Preaching and Preachers. A book that is both inspirational and flawed. Any volume which uses…
Student Reading for the Summer
I am doing some guided reading for a couple of students at Cornerstone this summer. This is the list and accompanying rationale: Martyn Lloyd Jones, Preaching and Preachers. A book that is both inspirational and flawed. Any volume which uses…
Vulnerable Strength
Do you have someone in your life that you think of as strong? Of course you do, I can think of at least a handful of people I look up to for their strength. Whether in the church, family, or…