Book Review: What is the Gospel?, by Greg Gilbert
Crossway March 2010 128 pp. The gospel, thankfully, is being made much of these days–just look at my review list, with titles like Gospel Transformation, Gospel-Powered Parenting, The Gospel for Real...
View ArticleBook Review: Get Outta My Face, by Rick Horne
Shepherd Press 192 pp. January 2009 As a high school English and World History teacher, Rick Horne’s Get Outta My Face: How to Reach Angry, Unmotivated Teens with Biblical Counsel is a welcome book....
View ArticleFire Up Speaker Notes
Hello amazing, inspiring future teachers of America, Here is a link to my speaker notes — no promises that they are pretty or that I touched on all or anything contained within them!
View Article“Unless the Lord builds the house”
My wife gave me a “verse of the day” this morning — this isn’t habitual, and she had a slight grin on her face when she read it for me. But as she was reading Psalm 127:1-2, and as I was reflecting on...
View ArticleHow does the gospel change everything?
For the past few months, I’ve mostly been stumped when trying to articulate what I mean by this claim: the gospel changes everything. In my head and heart, there is no better or more comprehensive way...
View ArticleBook Review: A History of US (Vol. 1): The First Americans
“It is always easy to do and thinks as everyone else does. And here we are, at one of the most important reasons for studying history: to learn from the mistakes of others” (98). So writes Joy Hakim in...
View ArticleWhat does “Gospel-Centered” Mean?
I thought this article at the Resurgence did a great job of summarizing gospel-centered theology. To me, it’s the most comprehensive, all-encompassing, Bible-beautifying way to center a life on Christ....
View ArticleLeland Ryken on “Why Christians Should Read Camus”
I couldn’t stop reading this post by Leland Ryken. If you’re a literary type, read this, and I bet you’ll be looking for a copy of The Stranger within minutes.
View ArticleFinancial Infidelity?
I found this article interesting. Christians believe that lying is lying is lying — it is a misrepresentation of reality, and God, as the ultimate reality / the Shakespeare to our tragicomedy lives,...
View ArticleAn Infographic about Evangelism (credit goes to Randy Newman)
In his book Bringing the Gospel Home: Witnessing to Family Members, Close Friends, and Others Who Know You Well, Randy Newman got me thinking about evangelism in a new way. I tried putting it into an...
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