Church Math & The Simple Gospel “Let all men know that it is nothing but sin that separates between them and God.” –Matthew HenryI half-joke that I went to seminary because they promised there wouldn’...  Read More

Choose Community: 3 Ways to Connect“They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into th...  Read More

Choose Church: 3 Ways to Connect “The spiritual fellowship that a believer enjoys with his Redeemer is not a solitary or selfish joy, but one which he cannot possess alone, or except in common with ot...  Read More

Choose Friends: 3 Ways to Connect“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” -C.S. Lewis In the sec...  Read More

A Sabbath Observation“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God...  Read More

Snow“For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.” -Job 37:6 The Alabama gulf coast had a historic snow event last Tuesday. The previous record snowfall...  Read More

The Anxious Generation “My central claim in this book is that these two trends – overprotection in the real world and underprotection in the virtual world – are the reasons why children born after 199...  Read More

Sparks of Revival“I should point out that I am an atheist, but I find that I sometimes need words and concepts from religion to understand the experience of life as a human being.” –Jonathan HaidtThis...  Read More

Memento Mori“I had an aching sense that our time is short, shorter than we ever know, short as a morning run, and I wanted mine to be meaningful.” -Phil Knight One of the pillars of stoic philosophy i...  Read More

New Year’s Resolutions and Reflections "You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I'm only going to dread one day at a time." —Charlie Brown Today is New Years Eve – a time for refle...  Read More

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire “God likes to see his people shut up to this, that there is no hope but in prayer. Herein lies the Church’s power against the world.” -Andrew BonarFresh Wind, Fresh Fire tells t...  Read More

Come and See Evangelism “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’ Nathanael said to him, ...  Read More