A Little About Me…
I am a Christian, husband, father, church member, professor, & teacher who wants to help fellow pilgrims on our way to the Heavenly City.
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The Beat of a Different Drum
Have you ever wondered why Christians are so weird? Vance Havner: I have read of a parade of boys in which everyone was in step except one youngster. It was discovered that under his coat he carried a transistor radio … Continue reading
10 Questions to Ask About Your Marriage
Kevin DeYoung recently posted ten questions he thought every married person could ask to assess the health of their marriage. They are money. Read and heed: 1. Do you pray together? 2. Do you still notice each other? 3. Do … Continue reading
This Would Change Everything
It is easy to believe a doctrine in our head, but not really hold tightly to it with our hearts. It’s easy for us to say that Jesus is the supreme treasure above all the world, but ten seconds later … Continue reading
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God Builds By Tearing Down
Why does it seem like God gives me the opposite of what I need? Richard Sibbes answers: God often works by contraries: when he means to give victory, he will allow us to be hinder at first; when he means … Continue reading
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Tagged christian growth, holiness, richard sibbes, Sanctification, suffering
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The Saturday Post(s)
How Much Do You Know About What the Bible Teaches About the Bible? “How well do you know the doctrine of the Scripture? How well do you know what the Bible tells us about the Bible? This short thirty-three question … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, complementarianism, dating, family worship, gender, gospel, jesus, local church, love, marriage, membership, scripture, social media, technology, youth ministry
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Why So Serious?
Every now and then I’m told that I am not like most youth pastors. I don’t take pride in this (often times, I don’t think its a good thing), but I am simply reporting a common observation. There are various … Continue reading
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When God’s Word Won’t Help You
The Apostle James once wrote: “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 Matthew Henry comments: Hearing is in order to doing; the most attentive and the most frequent hearing of the word of … Continue reading
Your Sermon
Vance Havner: My father, a faithful layman who loved preaching and preachers, used to tell us once in a while, with a smile: “Some day I am going to prepare a big sermon and preach it.” I think he really … Continue reading
Loving the Universal Church vs. the Local Church
“I don’t need to be a member of a local church because I am a member of the universal church.” “I am more interested in the capital C ‘Church,’ and not as much the lower case C ‘church.’” Have you … Continue reading
The Precious Gift of Boring
Kevin DeYoung reminds us that boring is something to be cherished: Talk to the parents whose house was flooded or whose kids won’t sleep through the night. Talk to the friend who has been sitting by the bedside of a … Continue reading
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