Monthly Archives: December 2008
The Gospel Coalition
I am so excited and happy to be living in these times. Many of the reasons (Bryan Chapell, Mark Dever, Mark Driscoll, D.A. Carson, Tim Keller, C.J. Mahaney and John Piper) are intensified by their unity and work together as … Continue reading
How Do You Fix Lack of Love?
In the garden of my heart, each plant has a label. “Faith”, “Hope”, “Goodness”, “Kindness”, etc. But when I get to “Love”, there’s no plant – just a black crater. No, wait. If you bend down and squint, there is … Continue reading
Time Management
I can’t encourage you enough to check out the excellent series on time management by C.J. Mahaney, starting with Are You Busy?. The whole series is good, but I especially liked this one, where he includes an excerpt from R.C. … Continue reading
Keller explains the gospel
Wow. Check out Tim Keller on the gospel. He wrestles with the idea of the “kingdom of God” and the “gospel of the kingdom” – a concept common in the synoptic gospels (and also the emerging church), which I have … Continue reading
Holiness by JC Ryle, Introduction
In referring to J.C. Ryle’s book, Holiness, in recent blog comments, I was reminded how much I enjoyed his book and was also excited to find that the full text is in the public domain. So I thought it would … Continue reading
Willing to Die
I am the good shepherd; I’m willing to die for my sheep When a hired man, who isn’t a shepherd & doesn’t own the sheep, sees a wolf, he abandons them and the wolf snatches and scatters them. The hired … Continue reading
2008 Books
Jessica & I have been tabulating the books we’ve read in 2008. She came up with 11, I’ve only got 7: Sent: Living the Missional Nature of the Church by Ed Stetzer (should be nearly finished by the end of … Continue reading
Sight for a Blind Man
I love the blind guy in John 9. In the middle of a crowd of chickens – including his parents – he cares about the truth and doesn’t give a rip what might happen to him. It’s so refreshing to … Continue reading
Hard at Work
I know from the blog it doesn’t look like I’ve been doing much, but I’ve actually been working super-hard over the past few days, immersing myself in learning Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, while beginning to put together the first … Continue reading
Favorite Movies
I’ll break from my oh-so-serious tone and interject a little something personal here. Jessica and I officially decided on our all-time favorite movies tonight — here’s her list and here’s mine: X-Men Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Matrix Fireproof … Continue reading
