music My Christmas Playlist (Part 2) 14 Dec 201714 Dec 2017 Continuing my list of a great Christmas sounds, here is part two of my Xmas playlist. It's got a good blend of sounds and styles to spice up your holiday…
Christmas Joy to the World: Christmas Worship (Part 2) 13 Dec 201713 Dec 2017 Christmas invites us to worship God for our redemption. Now, you might say that’s something that Christians sing about all the time, and we even have a whole holiday dedicated…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: The Gift of Discernment 12 Dec 201712 Dec 2017 All Christians are called to "test the spirits to see whether they are of God" (1 John 4:1), and yet Paul speaks of a distinct gift of spiritual discernment in…
Books A Review of “In the Aftermath” by Pamela Gannon and Beverly Moore 11 Dec 2017 Moving from theology to life is difficult. All of us know something of the gap between what we say we believe and the way we live, and complex suffering tends…
music My Christmas Playlist (Part 1) 8 Dec 2017 I adore Christmas music, but I am also aware that during the holiday season you are basically going to hear the same dozen songs over and over and over. So,…
Thanksgiving Thanks Be To God: The Ministry of Others 7 Dec 2017 Participation in the family of God is about mutual ministry for the sake of the gospel. We serve and we are served. Over the years I have come to appreciate…
Christmas Joy to the World: The Worship of Christmas (Part 1) 6 Dec 201712 Dec 2017 "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,and they shall call his name Immanuel" (Matt. 1:23). It is interesting to think about the value of Christmas gifts that I received…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Interpretation 5 Dec 20175 Dec 2017 Paul states a few very important caveats regarding the practice of tongues. For starters, it is not an ecstatic gifting where the speaker is completely out of control. Paul states…
Books A Review of “Reformation Theology” ed. by Matthew Barrett 4 Dec 2017 It’s not uncommon for histories of the Reformation period to focus on everything but theology. There’s an interest in the sociopolitical issues, the global and cultural contexts of the movement,…
Personal Monthly Love: November 1 Dec 20171 Dec 2017 Here's what I loved for November 2017: 1. Stranger Things 2 Season two add such depth and development to viewer's favorite characters from season one. Such a good season. 2.…
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