I finished reading a book called “Counsel from the Cross – Connecting Broken People to the love of Christ” by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Dennis E. Johnson several months ago and wanted to repost some comments from a post I made months ago. If you haven’t read the book you should – it’s remarkably insightful…
I’m working my way through Ed Moll and Tim Chester’s small book “Gospel-Centered Family: Becoming the Parents God wants you to be” and I wanted to share some words they have on discipline. Here are some wrong motivations for discipline: The desire for a quiet life The desire for respect or appreciation A fear of…
This week I’m taking a class through Alumni Academy at Southern Seminary on New Testament Theology. A hearty thanks to Southern for the fact that it’s free, as well as Dr. Schreiner who made his New Testament Theology notes available online. You can access them here.
Good post from Desiring God. Enjoy and seek to put some of these ideas into practice with your family.
Here are several prominent Evangelical Christian’s comments on the passing of Christopher Hitchens: Douglas Wilson (friend of Hitchens’ who ministered to him over the course of many years, as well as co-wrote a book together) weighs in here. Russell Moore (Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) weighs in here. Denny Burk…
To bring balance to my words in a previous post about reading the Word Trevin Wax has a great post entitled “Why Studying the Bible Won’t (Necessarily) Change Your Life.”
I met with an individual today and among many of the issues we discussed was his tentative plans of transitioning to a Senior Pastor position. As we discussed what that looks likes he asked me what were some of the things I’ve learned in my first couple years while serving at Oak Park. So I shared for about 20 minutes…
Bobby Jamieson, contributed at 9Marks writes a short, but very helpful post on this very question. Enjoy the post.
This is a good post by Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks concerning bad and better responses to a poor reason by an individual to leave the church. As a pastor at a church who is attempting, by God’s grace, to elevate what membership means at the church where I serve I appreciate the thoughtfulness, pastoral spirit and insight of Leeman. Enjoy the read.
Justin Taylor has compiled a list of resources for children that will help parents point their kids to Jesus. I have all of them except one and can confirm that his list is spot-on. In addition to his list, he gives some commentary on each resource which should help parents ascertain what particular one would…
Theology Along the Way 