The Book of Pastoral Rule

I spent some time at Barnes and Noble recently reading Gregory the Great’s The Book of Pastoral Rule.  Its a great little book.  Obviously I don’t agree with many aspects of Gregory’s theology, seeing as...

The Doctrine of God and Gospel-centeredness

John Stott commenting on one of Paul’s speeches in the book of Acts: “Many people are rejecting our gospel today not because they perceive it to be false, but because they perceive it to be...

Healthy Individualism

Sanctification Questions

Questions the Lord is teaching me to ask these days in my journey following Christ: 1) What do I look to more than Jesus to feel worth and identity? 2) What competes with knowing God...

Genesis 22: Trusting/Obeying When Life Doesn’t Make Sense

Its hard to trust God when life doesn’t make sense.  It certainly must have been for Abraham.  One day God says to him, “take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go...

Vacation

Here in Rehoboth, Delaware on vacation with Esther for my 27th birthday (today) and our 3 year anniversary (next week).  Waves out here aren’t like the West Coast, but I still got a good ride...

If I were planting a seminary…

The other day, just for fun, I planned out how I would design the M.Div. degree if I were planting a seminary.  I also planned out 3 M.A.’s (in exegetical, historical, and systematic theology) which...

The Aliveness of God

I’ve been reading Exodus in the mornings and keep coming back to what I don’t know how to refer to other than as the aliveness of God.  He is the I AM, the living God,...

A Good Use of One’s Knees

Hegesippus, quoted by Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History, II.xxiii), describing James the Just (the brother of Jesus and early leader of the church in Jerusalem): “He was in the habit of entering the temple alone, and was...