Counseling… Love Requires Humility: A Pauline Principle 13 Jul 202313 Jul 2023 Loving someone else requires humility. We know instinctively that arrogant people don't really love others, but love is not just the absence of pride. Love requires that we cultivate the…
Books… The Best Books of 2021 4 Jan 2022 These were my favorite books published in 2021: (1) Making Sense of Forgiveness by Brad Hambrick We often take for granted that we rightly understand forgiveness because it is such…
New Years… New Year’s Resolutions 2019 1 Jan 2019 I am continuing my habit of publishing my new year's resolutions for the purpose of accountability. It is my desire to genuinely grow and to take seriously the areas of…
New Years New Year’s Resolutions 2018 29 Dec 2017 If I am being honest, 2017 was a difficult year. If 2016 was relationally difficult, this year I have struggled personally. I have bordered on burnout at times and been…
New Years Books I Read in 2017 27 Dec 201727 Dec 2017 Here is a complete annotated list of the books I read in 2017: 1. Showing The Spirit: An Exposition of 1 Corinthian 12-14 by D.A. Carson A fantastic exegetical study…
Books… Best Books of 2017 26 Dec 2017 Here are my favorite books from 2017: 1. Descriptions and Prescriptions: A Biblical Perspective on Psychiatric Diagnoses and Medications by Michael Emlet Christians have tended towards one of two extremes as…
New Years Blog Plans for 2017 4 Jan 2017 I've been blogging for nearly fifteen years. Admittedly most of that blogging has been pretty terrible and pointless, but writing has always been valuable to me. I write, for the…
Books… Best Books of 2016 2 Jan 2017 Here were my top five favorite books from 2016, the embedded links will take you to my review of each work for those who are interested: The Dynamic Heart in…
New Years Four Desires for the Future of Evangelicalism: Recovery Culture Churches 29 Mar 2016 Tim (not his real name) has struggled with going to church for most of his adult life. He wants to go. He feels that it is what God wants of…
New Years Four Desires for the Future of Evangelicalism: A Kingdom-First Mindset 22 Mar 2016 If this election season has revealed anything about contemporary Evangelicalism, it is that we are far too quick to put our values on the shelf in the name of power.…
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