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Devotional Thoughts

Memorizing the Psalms

I saw a tweet the other week that suggested memorizing Psalms as a strategy for dealing with negative emotions. This seemed like a really good idea, so I’ve been memorizing Psalm 3 over the past...

June 2, 20121 Comment

Salvation and Ministry in II Corinthians 4

I’ve frequently thought in the past about how important it is for our identity to be rooted in Christ while we serve in ministry, so that our ministry does not become our functional sense of...

February 15, 20121 Comment

“Jesus is your Buddy” is not the Gospel

I spoke to the youth yesterday from Isaiah 36-37 on “Letting God be God over enemies.” We are going through a series in Isaiah called “Let God be God,” looking at God’s role in our...

February 6, 20124 Comments

This morning I got up a little earlier and after my morning devotions spent some time reading through every one of my journal entries between March and September 2010. That was a difficult season of...

January 30, 2012No Comments

Straw

I’ve been dabbling a bit in Frederick Coppleston’s book on Aquinas, which is really interesting. I just want to get a bit more of a feel for Aquinas (and Coppleston), and then Augustine later in...

September 12, 2011No Comments

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...

August 28, 2011No Comments

Living for the Glory of God

One of the foundational pillars in my philosophy of ministry is the priority of grace. I’ve written before about how my time at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis helped formulate this conviction in me, and...

July 20, 2011No Comments

Life and Ministry Lessons from Boxing

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY3yIIxXvy4&w=480&h=390] I spent some time the other day watching the Ali vs. Foreman fight in Zaire in 1974 on Youtube, the famous “rumble in the jungle.” This is round 8, the final round. I...

June 28, 20111 Comment

Our Helper

Psalm 124:8: “Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” This verse meant a lot to me yesterday. I was tired and perhaps a bit discouraged, and needed...

June 7, 20113 Comments