This past Sunday I preached my last sermon from Paul’s first letter to Timothy. In the last chapter he said, “Fight the good fight of the faith.” The simple truth is this, true Christianity is a fight...  Read More

Yesterday morning I was sitting outside under two oak trees and looking over the neighbor’s pasture. I turned to Psalm 96 and began to pray it. In the NLT the psalmist opens with,“Sing a new song to t...  Read More

I read through Philippians 2 yesterday and marveled once again at the Incarnation. CS Lewis pictures the sacrifice of Christ this way. Imagine sitting in a chair and lying at your feet is a dog who is...  Read More

I was reading 1 Kings 11 yesterday which is about the turn of Solomon’s heart. The man who is called wise, the man who experienced God come to him not one but twice, the man who was the son of the man...  Read More

I’m in the middle of studying for a sermon and I came across this quote from Robert Mounce,“Holiness of life rarely progresses apart from the deliberative acts of the will. While sanctification is gra...  Read More

In Against the Machine, Paul Kingsnorth speaks of the move of the Enlightenment philosophers as they attempted to replace a culture built around “a sacred order.” When we lose a Higher meaning to life...  Read More

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.”(Col 3:5-6 ESV)J...  Read More

Mrs. Milner taught British Lit my Senior Year of High School.  She made us memorize Macbeth’s famous soliloquy,“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last...  Read More

Earlier this week I wrote about the Amish response to the man who killed their children…they forgave him.  I mentioned Erika Kirk’s statement, but didn’t say much about it…I’ve been processing the bea...  Read More

In Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian goes to the Interpreter’s house, and he sees a picture hanging on the wall.“This is what it looked like: The man had eyes lifted up to Heaven, the Best of Books was in...  Read More

A few years ago, I read the book Amish Grace.  It’s the story of the Amish response to a man who shot and killed several of their girls while they were in school.  Sunday night, Kim and I watched the ...  Read More

Have you ever stopped to consider how God feels about the people you demonize?  There is a lot of ugly in Social Media today.  The categories have been defined, the lines have been drawn, and it has b...  Read More