Is it Really That Simple?
Many of us talk about simplifying our lives. When we stop to think about how many choices that we make in one day, it’s exhausting. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend who lives in Dubai.…
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Voices in the Evangelical Subculture
There’s a new Mortification of Spin available for your listening pleasure today. In it, Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and I discuss a sensitive topic. When too many people benefit from your success, how will you be held accountable? This is…
The First Thing We Will Do
Over the holiday I gathered with some of my favorite people, my extended family, for a long weekend in Deep Creek, MD. Thanks to my mom, we’ve been doing this for several years now. I’ve always been very close with…
How Do You Handle Betrayal?
“But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table” (Luke 22:21). Jesus was betrayed. Think about that for a minute. Betrayal has to be one of the most painful emotional and spiritual trials to…
K-nowledge Isn’t From College
As I’m preparing for a Housewife Theologian small group meeting tonight, I remembered an article I wrote over a year and a half ago about k-nowledge. I’ve borrowed the introduction to that article for a different reflection today. During my last…
People-Pleasers vs. People-Lovers
Edward Welch makes a great distinction in his book, When People Are Big and God Is Small. After mentioning 1 Thess. 2:4, “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak,…
P&R Book Giveaway!
P&R is hosting a book giveaway from Nov. 18th-20th (ending at noon). Who wants free books? They are giving away one Grand Prize, including John Frame’s Systematic Theology, my book, Housewife Theologian, and K. Scott Oliphint’s Should You Believe in…
Reflections While Sitting Under the Preached Word
My pastor has been preaching through Jesus’ prayer recorded in John 17. I’m pleased to be sitting under these sermons, as this prayer is so revealing. This Sunday, as my pastor was preaching through verses 6-19 and teaching us more…
The Assembly of the Good People
The Aquila Report brought my attention to yet another article written about an atheist church. Apparently, the atheist mega-church is on the rise. In this article there were several hundred unbelievers in attendance, including families with small children. It seems…
Will the One True God Please Stand?
I’m pleased to post another article from my friend, Dana Tuttle. Poor thing, when I recommend books to her now, I also expect a blog post in return. So here are some thoughts from a fellow housewife theologian: A reflection…