The True Older Brother
We’re going through a series on Sunday mornings based on Tim Keller’s book The Prodigal God. We’re learning from Jesus’ parable in Luke 15:11-32 that breaking the rules isn’t the only way to be alienated...
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Miscellaneous
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California Bound
In the midst of our busy packing up and moving, I haven’t had the chance to announce this on my blog yet, but Esther and I are moving to Sierra Madre, California, where I will...
Read moreCleverness and Christ
This is short and simple, but man – something to think about every single time you preach: “No man can bear witness to Christ and to himself at the same time. No man can give...
Read moreFood for Thought
“If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did....
Read moreThe Logic of Penal Substitution
On the bus back from NYC I read the second essay of J.I. Packer published in In My Place Condemned He Stood, called “What did the Cross Acheive? The Logic of Penal Substitution,” originally an...
Read moreHere is your God
My uncle Walt Harrah writes Christian/worship music, and has a great new album out, based on the book of Isaiah, called Here is Your God. You can watch an interview and listen to songs here.
New York City
Esther and I spent Labor Day weekend in New York Cit and had a fantastic time. We got in early Saturday afternoon and did the common tourist’s first step of going to the top of...
Read moreMaking Jesus look good
Today this thought came into head: how would my day look differently if the most important question to me after waking up was, how can I make Jesus look good today?
Contempt and the gospel
Something spontaneous I am thinking about this morning: Luke 18:9: “He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt.” It seems to me that...
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