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Sometimes we are told that we cannot come to Christ unless the Father draws us, that without Christ we can do nothing, and that if we live, it is not we, but Christ who lives in us. Now these views tend to hide pride from man, to create a diffidence of ourselves, and to center [...]
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I was listening a few days ago to a radio show that featured an interview with a college basketball coach. His team had recently pulled off a few surprising victories. The interviewer acknowledged a good amount of their successes and then asked the coach his thoughts on the games. The coach, without skipping a beat, [...]
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I’m from Perry, Missouri. Less than 1,000 people are housed in her city limits. Few of them anything but White Anglo-Saxons. Most of them perhaps not sure what an Anglo-Saxon is; that’s not to insult my hometown—merely to say that in an agrarian society, like Perry, knowing what an Anglo-Saxon is really doesn’t matter. I [...]
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Mark It’s always been difficult raising Mark. From a very young age his temper was a problem. He was kicked out of kindergarten for violent behavior towards the other children. The screaming was one thing. The shoving another. But once he began biting and stabbing other kids with pencils the school’s guidance counselor knew that [...]
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He’s making a list,And checking it twice;Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice. Good little boys and girls can be assured that if they are good then Santa Claus will bring them presents. But the bad little boys and girls had better shape up because Santa Claus is coming to town and these little sprouts are [...]
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If you have yet to hear of Mark Driscoll’s latest book Real Marriage you are a little late to the party. There are countless reviews already (see here, and for some of the earlier ones see here). Honestly if I was not contractually obligated (ala got the book for free in exchange for a review) and if [...]
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I still remember a good chunk of advice that one of my professors in college gave me. Dr. Pelletier (not the skater) was a man that taught me a great deal about ministry. Perhaps one of the most profound things he taught me was about family devotions. I was single at the time but engaged [...]
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I’ve shared in the past that I struggle with depression, discouragement, or if you’re feeling extra Elizabethan “fits of melancholy”. I loathe these times. I know what it is like to live in the enjoyment of what Christ has purchased. I know what it is like to be “on fire for the Lord”. In these [...]
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