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Putting Off My Procrastination
Here are some words I would be wise to regularly remind myself: No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterward, and that the remembrance of…
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Does Doctrine Merely Divide Us?
In this video, Lane Chaplin convincingly explains the God-given mandate to dig into theology. He also illustrates the practical importance. Does doctrine divide us? Sadly, sometimes it does – or rather, sometime Christians do divide over doctrine. But doctrine also unites. It unites us with other believers, both of our own day and of ages…
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Does Doctrine REALLY Matter?
In the first chapter of his excellent book, Dug Down Deep, Joshua Harris writes: I know the idea of “studying” God often rubs people the wrong way. It sounds cold and theoretical, as if God were a frog carcass to dissect in a lab or a set of ideas that we memorize like math proofs.…
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Prevailing: An Honest Look at Philippians 4.13
Sometimes I want to scream! One thing that makes me want to scream is people, Christian people, who under the guise of faith, take scripture out of it’s God-given context and apply it to their own pretentious favor. ARGH!! I wonder, is there any passage where this more frequently occurs than it does with Philippians…
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Gospel-Centered Lives
From time to time I am asked by some in our church what I mean when I repeatedly declare that we are – and we must be – a Gospel-Centered Church. I think it may be the hyphen that confuses people. To be “something”-centered is simply to focus on the relation an individual or a church…
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Bible Reading Plans for 2011
New Years Day has come and gone, and 2011 is trudging along. You want to do some things different this year. You’ve always wanted to read through the Bible, but you’ve never been quite sure how to do it. Or, you have read through the Bible before but you are looking for a different approach.…
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Another 10+ Questions for the New Year
Proverbs 20.5 says: The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. In short what Solomon explains is that everyone has desires and designs, but often we may not be conscious even of our own. Our purposes are deep down. But the wise person, the…
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Building a Bridge to Puritan Days
In Building a Bridge to the 18th Century, author Neil Postman suggests that in many ways we have not so much advanced, as a culture, as we have drifted over the years. Postman seems to believe we would do well to return to and reconnect with our philosophical roots and rebuild upon them. I might say…
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10 More Questions for the New Year
Sir Francis Bacon once mused: Who questions much shall learn much, and retain much. On New Years Day I posted a set of questions to ponder at the start of the New Year. The following are 10 more questions, from Donald Whitney, to ask ourselves here at the beginning of the New Year: What’s the…
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10 Questions for the New Year
Donald Whitney has a knack for asking pertinent probing questions. His questions could be used for getting to know one another in a new small group. But I think they might best be used for personal reflection. Whitney’s questions penetrate into the recesses of our hearts. And if we take the time to reflect upon…
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The Gospel of Mark by Max McLean
If you have not seen the Bible brought to life through one of Max McLean‘s performances you have missed out. I first saw him when he came to chapel while I was a student at Reformed Theological Seminary. McLean is an acclaimed thespian who lends his substantial talents to verbatim oral interpretation of Books of…
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