Twitter Is Not Real
Don’t get me wrong. I really enjoy using Twitter, and the past two years of “tweeting” has done a lot of good for my soul. But still, Twitter is not real. It is not real for the simple reason that...
View ArticleAre All Religions Equally Right? Tim Keller Answers
Recently, Tim Keller spoke at The Veritas Forum at UC Berkeley and addressed the question of Christianity and other religions. Check out this short video where he answers whether all religions are...
View ArticleYour Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done = Repent and Believe
At the very heart of the Lord’s Prayer is the petition, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Like so many other familiar passages of Scripture, I fear that there are...
View ArticlePolitics, Patriotism, and Making Disciples of Jesus
For the past couple months, I have been teaching a class on disciples making disciples at Grace. I was prepared yesterday morning to teaching on the importance of law and gospel in the Christian life,...
View ArticleJefferson Bethke | The Death of YOLO
This past April, I had the privilege of meeting and hanging out with Jefferson Bethke while in Louisville when he shared this Spoken Word at Southern Seminary. You may remember him from this video....
View ArticleToward a Counter-Cultural Community Part 2: Community Idolatry
In the first post, I talked about 11 different aspects of society used a filters or barriers to form or foster community. I argued, “In order for a gospel community to be counter-cultural, we first...
View ArticleChristians Without a Tribe
“Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah” As I came across Joshua 7 in my devotional studies, there was something particular that stuck out to me in how God dealt with...
View ArticleYou Are My Son, and I Love You
Today was the start of baseball season in Southwest Florida. After opening ceremonies, my two boys played a double header as part of the festivities. It was the first time my 5 yr old son to go...
View ArticleHow Christians Live in Post-Christendom
The news is out. Christendom is dead. Christians are no longer the moral majority but the missional minority. How should respond? How shall we live? I want to begin a series of articles where I attempt...
View ArticlePerspective in Post-Christendom
Last week, I brought up the new posture of Christianity in post-Christendom and how we re-enter culture in a subversive way to advance the kingdom of God. Before I jump into the paradigm and practices...
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