Preach Christ, Not Just His Benefits
I was sitting in the coffee shop as I finished writing my sermon. The text I was preaching made big demands on the listener. What is it, I wondered, that will enable us
Theology
Stoicism’s Comeback
Ecclesiastes warns us that there’s nothing new under the sun. This applies to Stoicism, an ancient philosophy that’s making a modern comeback.
Ryan Holliday has written a bestselling book on Stoicism
Truth and Beauty
I’m a little late to the party. I’m finally reading C.S. Lewis’s space trilogy. I found it a bit slow at first, but near the end of the first
The Other Side of the Boundary
I’m not purpose-driven™, but I listened to Rick Warren at an event a couple of months ago and had to repent of my bad attitude.
I’m not a Pentecostal, but I
Sovereignty and Prayer
Theologians have tried to figure out how to reconcile God’s sovereignty with human responsibility. How can God be sovereign over all things, and at the same time we have the ability to