Discipleship… Idol Factory: Family 20 Sep 201221 Sep 2012 This is a dangerous post to write. I know, I am going where even angels fear to tread. After all, if there is one area of life that is off-limits to…
Discipleship… Idol Factory: Comfort 19 Sep 201220 Sep 2012 God is far more concerned with your holiness than your happiness. It’s not, of course, that God doesn’t care about our happiness. He most certainly does. But he doesn’t avoid…
Church Our Church Has Sinners 18 Sep 201219 Sep 2012 You're preaching to the choir if you think that this is a ridiculous statement to make. After all, who thinks that their church isn't full of sinners? I doubt anyone…
Books Reading and Re-Thinking: A Review of “The Hole In Our Holiness” by Kevin DeYoung 17 Sep 201218 Sep 2012 Reading is for losers! After all, what good really comes from sticking your nose inside a book? Books just make you think critically and ruin perfectly unbalanced lives. Books make…
Asides… This Week’s Good Reads 14 Sep 2012 Check out some of these reads this week: 1) "Discipling When You Need To Be Discipled" by Erin Wheeler A dear sweet friend of our family's writes this beautiful piece about discipling others…
Uncategorized Next Week 14 Sep 201217 Sep 2012 Check back next week for these posts and more: 1) A review of The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung This has been a tremendously humbling book. I am…
Counseling… Idol Factory: Money and Posessions 13 Sep 201214 Sep 2012 "The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" - 1 Timothy 6:10 Some sin is so subtle in our lives that we don't even know it's eating…
Jonah… Jonah and the Centrifugal Missions 12 Sep 201213 Sep 2012 As a high school student I am certain that my missions strategy was completely absurd. In retrospect, "come play video games at my church all night" just doesn't seem like…
Sex A Theology of Sex: Power Eroticized 11 Sep 201212 Sep 2012 Sexual sin is rarely about sex. In fact a great amount of sexual sin is simply about power. The abuse of sex can provide men with a sense of respect,…
Books… Freedom Through The Gospel: A Review of “Closing The Window” by Tim Chester 10 Sep 201211 Sep 2012 Far too many Christians simply don't believe the Gospel is practical. It's something you believe once to become a Christian, but then you move on past it to get into…