Here’s a great post that says a lot of what I have been feeling for the last several years very well. I wish I could have written it. http://www.studyinbrown.com/brush-strokes/2010/3/22/dear-christian-world.html
Below is a very helpful done by Trevor Wax with NT Wright. If you don’t know NT Wright is one of the top NT scholars in the world. http://trevinwax.com/2009/01/13/interview-with-nt-wright-responding-to-piper-on-justification/ I’ve copied the bit that I thought was most important (hope that’s ok). Trevin Wax: What is at stake in this debate over justification? If one [...]
I had the best beer I’ve ever had this week. I was looking for something different at Hy-Vee and saw the name Pere Jacques. Pere Jacques is a Belgian monk who is famous for making great bear. Goose Island, which is a brewer in Chicago, made this beer as a tribute to him. I don’t [...]
When I was a teenager my Grandpa used to tell me that the world was my oyster. I used to dream of being a famous soccer player or great musician on stage wowing the world. The problem was those dreams were totally unrealistic. Just fantasizing about something doesn’t make it happen. It comes through hours [...]
Brilliant bit from “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope” by Lemony Snicket A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called “The Road Less Traveled,” describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used.The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely,and [...]
One of my favorite preachers and Christians was killed in a car accident this morning. He leaves behind his wife and 10 children. He was head of IHOP’s adoption ministry (the reason he has 10 children several of whom are handicapped). I’m absolutely devastated by this news. Of all people to die young (he was [...]
I was watching a video on climate change where the scientist wrote that the research of his opponents made Intelligent Design advocates appear rigorous. This raised the question in my head, is Intelligent Design a rigorous science? And for that matter are their opponents rigorous scientists? I was reminded of the documentary Ben Stein made [...]
This Thanksgiving I’m thinking quite a bit about my Grandparents who passed away in the last few months. In the past on holidays we have been overwhelmed with the number of places we were expected to go. But now that that is over we are really missing it. It has made me think that I [...]
The Holy Spirit is moving at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City so I’ve been thinking about revival over the last week. There’s a lot of confusion over the subject of revival in the church so hopefully I can clarify what revival is and why we want it. Revival is simply the Holy [...]
My company went through its first round of layoffs on Friday. About 10% of our workforce was laid off. Thank God I made it, but it does make a person think, especially since one of the people was the engineer across from me. It made me want to focus harder on getting out of debt. [...]