This post originally appeared at For the Church (here) and is slightly updated for this site. **Another update: Tim Keller writes on this issue for the New Yorker. If you have limited time, his article should take priority. Click here. What’s in a name? Well, sometimes a lot. People name their kids after a family member,…
According to David Powlison in Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness, anger is a negative evaluation, in which an individual shows active displeasure towards something important enough to care about. It was quite sobering when I reflected on this definition because, in agreeing with Powlison’s definition, I realized that my problem is too…
A new church is being planted in your neighborhood. While for many this is an exciting new venture for gospel opportunity it can also cause great anxiety in the heart of a pastor who already leads a church in the area. Why? Because new church plants often siphon away current members, attenders, volunteers, and potential…
Do you know someone who at one time walked closely with Christ but is now steeped in a lifestyle of sin? Maybe you are reading this blog and that’s you. Your life and joy in Christ have spiraled down into deadness and sin. Your heart burns for the joy in His presence that you once…
Stanley Porter and Beth Stovell have compiled essays that present various approaches to the task of interpretation. Though “students and scholars alike struggle to differentiate between the meaning of terms like biblical exegesis, interpretation and hermeneutics,” their book focuses on hermeneutics in reference to biblical interpretation (9–10). Many of the books in this area tend…
I’m happy to see a good bit of traffic early in the life of this website. That people are taking the time to visit and look at the material we are producing is both exciting and terrifying. May the Lord keep us from error, help us create worthwhile content, and edify all of us along the…
I have a comfortable pair of sweatpants that I have had for almost 20 years now. They are warm, comfortable, and an essential part of my life now that the weather is turning cold. There is only one thing about these pants that drives me crazy: it is impossible for me to untie the drawstring…
Photo by nikko macaspac on Unsplash “I lift my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep” Psalm 121:1-4…
Most of the decisions that have shaped my life have come as a direct result of a friendship. You cannot tell the story of who I am as a man without noting the influence of those who have poured their lives into mine. It was the encouragement of close friends that caused me to pursue…
