Eric Metaxas’ conversion story (author of Bonhoeffer)

Listen to him tell his conversion story.  I thought this was an interesting background on the author of whose book I’m currently reading through.  It’s a really well-done video and something I’ve often thought about doing at Oak Park; that is cataloguing people’s conversion stories via video.

Dug Down Deep Video

I’m looking forward to taking the men of our church through Joshua Harris’ newest book “Dug Down Deep – Unearthing What I Believe and Why it Matters.”  Here is the video.

Catechism…what’s that?

One of the books I’m currently reading through is Kevin DeYoung’s “The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism.”  The 16th century catechism DeYoung is referring to is the Heidelberg Catechism.  What’s interesting about this catechism is that it’s broken up into 52 Lord’s Days, which is helpful for…

How can we glorify God?

The numerous responses are taken from Thomas Watson’s “A Body of Divinity,” a book that is based on the Westminster Assembly’s Shorter Catechism – you can read the entirety of the book here.  The first part of the book naturally answers the first question cited in the Catechism, “what is the chief end of man?”…

A Reason for God – Discussion Guide

Tomorrow I’m looking forward to meeting with a friend who recently visited the church I pastor in order to discuss a book I gave him called “The Reason for God.”  I read the book a little over a year ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.  In my desire to have engaging and purposeful dialogue with my…