I used to think that my family was strange. Growing up with a father that taught martial arts in our home, there was a distinctive mentality that I was brought up in. Some families discuss current events or how they…
Sacred Bond, Michael G. Brown and Zach Keele (Reformed Fellowship, 2012) Sometimes I feel like some of my family and friends start tuning out when I begin throwing the “covenant” word around. It isn’t one that the Baptist churches I grew…
It’s that time of the year when bloggers are faithfully posting their top ten reading lists for the year. Some of my readers have asked me to do the same. I didn’t come through last year and I won’t this…
I keep seeing messages like this one on Facebook for the Christmas season: “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”…
I’ve always wanted a fireman’s pole in my house. How cool would that be? I’ve even thought of the perfect place to put it—behind my closet door in my bedroom. We have a little bit of money put away to…
Our Creed, Mark G. Johnston (P&R, 2012) I have encountered plenty of Christians who believe that creeds are divisive. The Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary reports approximately forty-one thousand (so-called) Christian denominations or organizations…
I can always go to Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith for inspiration and reflection. He has a beautiful section on The Trinity and Creation. Horton sums it up including a quote from Colin Gunton about the transcendence and immanence of…
I’ve been reading over Gene Edward Veith’s book, God at Work, a second time this weekend. He gives the reader much to think about concerning our vocations. One point that he emphasizes that I particularly like is that our vocation…
“Authentic” is a popular theological term in the church these days. You might not have a clue what propitiation or sacerdotalism means, but all you have to do is talk about being authentic and you have trumped the conversation. I…
I’ve noticed a bit of a theme going on in some of my reading. It even came up in the comments of my last post. If we really are growing in the faith, shouldn’t we be sinning less? What does…
