music Top Ten in Christian Music: Blues 4 Sep 20184 Sep 2018 The blues has always been inherently religious, arising, as it did, out of the spirituals and work songs of African-Americans in the Deep South. The form and structure of blues…
Books Non-Counseling Books that Biblical Counselors Should Read 3 Sep 2018 It's an amazing time to be part of Biblical counseling. The amount of new work being done in the field is evident in the astounding rate at which new material…
music This Week’s Good Music 1 Sep 20181 Sep 2018 Here's my playlist for the week, check it out: 1. "More of You" by The Altar Boys With 80's punk rock sound, The Altar Boys echo John the Baptist's sentiment:…
Reading This Week’s Good Reads 31 Aug 2018 Here's a collection of interesting articles from around the web: 1. "Regular Cannabis Use Linked to Impaired Capacity to Envision One's Future" by Eric Dolan Episodic foresight is impaired by…
Counseling… Original Sin and Counseling 30 Aug 201830 Aug 2018 The Bible speaks of sin in two different forms. Each category is part of a larger theology of sin that helps us understand both ourselves and the world. A christian…
music Top Ten in Christian Music: Emo 29 Aug 2018 Emo is short for emotional, and refers to pointed emotional expression in music. It emerged in the late 80s as a sub-genre of the post-hardcore scene. The label was derived…
Books A Review of “Luther: Man Between God and the Devil” by Heiko Oberma 28 Aug 201828 Aug 2018 Books on Luther are already many, with many more being written every year. Yet, for all the research work done on Luther the man is often shrouded in more myth…
music This Week’s Good Music 25 Aug 2018 Here's this week's playlist: 1. "Goodbye" by Plankeye After Scott Silletta left the band it was never the same. Relocation, from which this song comes, is simply not that good.…
Theology Sin is a Relational Problem 24 Aug 2018 Throughout history there have been many ways of thinking about and characterizing sin. Many theologians have talked about sin in terms of "privation," lacking ontology but still resulting in chaos.…
Reformation Reformation Context (Part 14): The Issue of Indulgences 22 Aug 2018 The issue of the Roman Catholic indulgence is well-known as the occasion which sparked the Protestant Reformation. Luther's own opposition to it in the form of the Ninety-Five Theses began…
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