Personal Monthly Love: May 2 Jun 20182 Jun 2018 Here's some of what I loved in the month of May, 2018. 1. Avengers: Infinity War An awesome movie! It does tend to bite off too much at points (the…
Reformation The Reformation Context (Part 6) 31 May 2018 The Roman Catholic Church had two major theological pillars that influenced the shape of the Reformation. We've seen already, how their soteriology influenced the theological response of the reformers, but…
Philosophy… The Existence of God and Degrees of Goodness 30 May 2018 Have you ever had to choose between two seemingly good things. In such situations we are often forced to ask the question, "which is better." It's a question about the…
Books A Review of “Biblical Counseling Basics” by Jeremy Lelek 29 May 2018 Biblical counseling has been going through something of an identity crisis as of late. What exactly is "Biblical counseling," what is its relationship to extra biblical content, how is it…
Trauma Trauma and Union with Christ 24 May 20187 Jun 2018 "The most important habit that doctrine forms is neither linguistic nor conceptual but imaginative" (Vanhoozer,The Drama of Doctrine, 377). The gospel gives to Christians the ability to imagine a new…
Reformation The Reformation Context (Part 5) 23 May 2018 The Protestant Reformation did not spring up out of nowhere. It developed as a response and a response, in particular, to the major doctrinal emphases of the Roman Catholic Church…
music This Week’s Good Music 19 May 2018 Here is this week's playlist: 1. "Carry My Soul" by Phil Wickham Phil Wickham is a respected worship song-writer who has established a name for himself both because of his…
Trauma Stability First: Practical Ways to Help Sufferers of Trauma 18 May 2018 I was compassionate, but I was also ignorant. I was a counseling a young woman who had experienced sexual assault in her past. I wanted to help and while I…
Reformation The Reformation Context (Part 4) 16 May 201823 May 2018 Our interpretation of the Protestant Reformation should emerge from an understanding of the late Medieval period. Thinking carefully about the theological landscape on the eve of Reform movements will help…
Books A Review of “The Gospel Comes with a House Key” by Rosaria Butterfield 14 May 2018 The words "radical" and "hospitality" don't seem to belong with one another. At least not on the surface. The idea that we might change the world, point people to the…
