Counseling… Grass is Still Just Grass: Contentment is a Choice 24 May 201225 May 2012 Why did we pick grass for this goofy cliché? It all looks the same to me and none of it is very impressive. I remember when I lived in Athens,…
Counseling… The Grass is Always Greener: The Spiritual Danger of Discontentment 23 May 201224 May 2012 What does the perfect evening look like? I suspect it includes a cool summer air, grilling out, listening to Bon Iver, and smoking cigars with some of your dearest friends.…
Books… The Real Discipleship: A Review of “Dallas and the Spitfire” by Ted Kluck and Dallas Jahncke 16 Apr 201217 Apr 2012 My primary responsibility at Revolution Church is discipleship, and it's an awful job! I don't mean that the way it sounds. It's actually a great job. I love working with…
Church… Necro Theology: You Believe In God 8 Mar 20129 Mar 2012 Theology won't save you! Worse still, orthodox theology won't save you! In fact hell may be filled with people who can recite word for word the Apostle's Creed, and even say…
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…
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