Modesty Christian Reflections on Lust, Modesty, and Beauty (Part 7): Lust and Responsibility 21 Aug 2014 Sexual immorality is a sin of the heart. That’s how Jesus sees it. “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander” (Matt.…
Culture Our Cultural Loss of Sadness 20 Aug 2014 It's okay to be sad. Sadness is a normal part of human experience, everyone gets sad. It seems, however, that we are culturally not very comfortable with sadness. We not…
Counseling Re-framing Stories in Biblical Counseling 19 Aug 2014 The Bible is a storybook. That is to say, the Bible tells the story of God’s plan to redeem the world. There is an unfolding narrative that tells us of…
Books A Review of “New Monasticism” by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 18 Aug 2014 “It’s hard to be a Christian in America,” says Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. So much American culture infiltrates our faith, shaping and altering it often to look more like the baptized American…
Reading This Week’s Good Reads 16 Aug 2014 Every week I compile a list of interesting articles from around the web. Here is this week's list, I am sure you'll find something interesting here. 1. "Detroit Historic Flooding"…
Uncategorized Next Week 15 Aug 201416 Aug 2014 1) A review of New Monasticism by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove This has been an interesting if sometimes annoying book. Neo-monasticism has always fascinated me and I think there are some real lessons…
Podcast Theology Talks Promo 14 Aug 201414 Aug 2014 Here's the promotional video for our upcoming new series of Theology Talks, conversations about theology and life with a host of different theologians, scholars, and pastors. I am looking forward…
Culture… Christian Reflections on Lust, Modesty, and Beauty (Part 6): What is Lust? 14 Aug 2014 Jesus has no patience for lust. He doesn’t mince words about how one should deal with it: If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it…
Theology Doing Theology in Love 13 Aug 2014 With all the internecine debates and in-house fighting it’s sometimes hard to believe that Christian theology could have anything to do with love. But it should. Paul instructs the Ephesians…
Church… Interpreting the Scriptures as Part of the Church 12 Aug 2014 One of the great deficiencies of the Protestant church is its overreaction to abuses in the historic Catholic Church. While we fully recognize the importance of the priesthood of all…
