Books… Uncovering Our Identity Means Digging Deeper: A Review of “Identity” by Eric Geiger 5 Mar 20126 Mar 2012 We live in an age of amorphous self-awareness. Most people float around without any clue who they are or what they are doing with their lives. I see it most…
Discipleship Suffering Servants: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark 21 Feb 201222 Feb 2012 If Jesus had called his disciples to sit and sip Highlander Grog all day and read, I would be sanctified holy! But alas that gospel call on the life of…
Christ… Better than Wonderbread: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand 1 Feb 20122 Feb 2012 *The following is a modified transcript of a lecture I gave at Shawnee State University's 9th Hour, a student run Christian organization on campus. It drives me crazy that we…
Discipleship… RevFast: Fasting for the Poor 13 Jan 201214 Jan 2012 It happens all too often around here. I called, just this week, to reach out to a young man in one of the many drug rehabs. He had expressed interest…
Discipleship… RevFast: The Danger of Food and the Goodness of Fasting 12 Jan 201213 Jan 2012 You can tell you live in a consumerist culture when you reduce the essence of life from "being" to "having." The average American, indeed even the average Christian, finds their…
Discipleship… RevFast: The Goodness of Food and the Danger of Fasting 11 Jan 201212 Jan 2012 My wife can seriously cook! It was one of the best meals I had ever had. I remember it as much for the company as for the food. We were…
Discipleship… RevFast: Why Are We Fasting? 10 Jan 201211 Jan 2012 Going without food will not make God love you more...but it will shape your love for God. Fasting is essentially a dead spiritual discipline in the American church today. It's…
Books… Shock Isn’t The Same As Discipleship: A Review of “Porn Again Christian” by Mark Driscoll 9 Jan 201211 Jan 2012 To say that pastor Mark Driscoll is provocative might be the biggest understatement I make of the year. He is prone to push buttons, push the boundaries of comfort and appropriateness,…
Asides… Bible Reading Plan 27 Dec 2011 Justin Taylor has an excellent post on various options for Bible Reading Plans to start off your new year. He even gives us a defense of having plans. Many people…
Asides… Video Series on Subtle Sins 28 Nov 201128 Nov 2011 I was privileged to work on this project while a staff member at Christ Community Church. This Bible study on Subtle Sins was one of the most fun projects I…
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