What We Can Learn From Atheists This article has floated around the internet for a couple of weeks, but it is a great read. The author interviewed young atheists about their experience with church and the results are fascinating. The author writes, Some had gone to church hoping to find answers to these questions. Others […]
Archive for June 2013
Musings
June 27, 2013Putting Praise in Its Proper Context
June 24, 2013Walter Brueggeman, on whom I will lean heavily to make my subsequent argument (see Israel’s Praise: Doxology against Idolatry and Ideology), described Israel’s praise as their duty and their delight. To praise God was Israel’s duty as the children of promise. They owed their existence and significance to God and God alone. But it was […]
Musings
June 21, 2013Worship Music Maureen Mullarkey has some interesting thoughts on worship music and instruments. Check out Chords and Discord Sermon Length Tim Spivey has a great post this week on how long a minister should preach. He says, Please don’t shorten your sermons for searchers sake. They are searching. That’s why they are there. Don’t shorten […]
Looking Beyond the Assembly: Connecting Spiritual Disciplines and Worship
June 20, 2013“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6). As Jesus unpacks the Kingdom of God through the powerful mosaic of the Sermon on the Mount, He begins with the blessings (The Beatitudes), but verse 6 throws me off. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, […]
5 Reasons to Pray the Lord’s Prayer
June 17, 2013“This, then, is how you should pray…” Concerning the praying of the Lord’s Prayer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “Daily the disciples receive this certainty anew from their communion with Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of all their petitions. In him God’s name is hallowed; in him God’s kingdom comes; in him God’s will is done. […]
What I’ve Learned From Being a Father
June 15, 2013Becoming a father is one of the greatest things that has happened in my life. There are moments when being a parent is frustrating and exhausting, but the good greatly outweighs the bad. I would not trade being a parent for anything in this world. It has brought me great joy, but maybe more importantly, […]
Musings
June 14, 2013Christians in the Media The people over at Christ and Pop Culture have shared a great video of Ira Glass, host of This American Life, sharing his thoughts on how Christians are portrayed in the media. You might be surprised by what he has to say. Check out According to Ira Glass, Christians Aren’t So Bad […]
God’s Good World
June 14, 2013You can read my review of Jonathan R. Wilson’s new book, God’s Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation, over at Englewood Review of Books. Check it out here http://erb.kingdomnow.org/jonathan-r-wilson-gods-good-world-feature-review/
A Prayer by G.K. Chesterton
June 13, 2013O God of earth and altar, in mercy hear our cry; our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die; the walls of gold entomb us, the words of scorn divide; take not Thy thunder from us, but take away our pride. From all that terror teaches, from lies of pen and tongue; from all […]
The Enduring Act of Ancient Worship
June 12, 2013College football is 77 days away. I have spent my entire life going to college football games and it is one of my favorite things to do. Scott and I originally met at Oklahoma State, so we have a transcendent and unbreakable bond as we rejoice and suffer together on Saturdays. But no matter your […]
Resurrected Living 