Today, when I blinked, a fire fell, a cataclysmic flash of fear circled the earth and flattened fields, and brushed the broad plains red and black. The globe pitched sideways, every words became gobble, and my neighbors, glassy-eyed and guarded, fed on the hollow half-truths of hate and hurt. Sweep, Spirit, flare of Mercy,...
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Tullian had a post today on his blog about the centrality of the gospel in the Christian’s life, and how for many, it is viewed as simply the gate one passes through to join the club, instead of as the path one must walk down into Christ’s kingdom. He makes the point that preachers...
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It’s been a good day, but par for the course, I am up too late, and feel I am too tired to write a sensible post. But I tend to feel like that anytime I try to write a post on here, so why is that new. I thought I would just highlight the...
Read more →The Gospel is first described in the New Testament as the message that Jesus and his followers shared with those they encountered about the Kingdom of God. “It is near”, they said. It’s also the message that Paul says his life was set apart for, that inspired his missionary journeys, his work with Gentiles,...
Read more →Tonight I had an interesting experience, which was a good one, but one I’ve had a number of times before, and every time I have it, it tests me. I went to dance with our dance club friends at a local club for the bulk of the early evening, and then I went with...
Read more →In my continued variation in reading, I have been reading “Surprised by Grace” by Tullian Tchividjian, in which he takes a look at the story of Jonah as a vehicle for the gospel. I really like Tchividjian’s writings because as a teacher, his thought and theology is firmly planted in the primacy of Jesus’...
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