Heaven (3): An Experiment
For the past few weeks I’ve been trying an experiment – I spend some time each day, or whenever it occurs to me, thinking about heaven, for as long as it takes until doing so...
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Thoughts on Adam and Eve
I just read and very much enjoyed Jack Collins’ recent book on Adam and Eve.ย One of the things the book did for me is help me reflect more upon attempts to uphold the historicity...
Read moreLord of the Rings (3): Favorite Scenes, Characters, Quotes
My favorite scenes are the Council of Elrond (239-271); Gandalf at the Bridge of Khazad-Dum (330-331); Frodo looking into the mirror of Galadriel (363-366); Sam and Frodo’s battle with Shelob (720-730); Eowyn’s slaying of the...
Read moreLord of the Rings (2): Good and Evil
If I had to condense what I learned from The Lord of the Rings into one sentence, I would say this: good does not need to destroy evil; good needs only to resist evil, and...
Read moreWhitefield on Suffering
I read Dallimore’s shorter biography of Whitefield while in Chicago the last few days.ย I learned a lot from Whitefield’s courage, his work ethic, and his emphasis in his preaching on the importance of the...
Read moreLord of the Rings (1): 10 Differences with the Movies
Two summers ago I started reading Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and a few days ago, on a plane ride from Tulsa to Las Vegas, I finished it, right as the plane was setting...
Read moreLessons on Preaching from Lloyd-Jones (4)
Some final quotes, which I find liberating and inspiring: “The primary task of the Church and of the Christian minister is the preaching of the Word of God” (19). “The work of preaching is the...
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