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A Powerful Pastoral Charge to a Church Planter
A powerful pastoral charge for a friend of mine from RTS Orlando from Dr. Steve Childers. Highly recommend this to all pastors, church planters, search committees, and lay members who are looking for… Read More
A Response to Chris Stedman
Sometimes, watching the so-called “Christian” response to the secular humanist culture can feel a lot like watching an embarrassingly drunk family member at your wedding reception (“Somebody, please, sit him down.”). Whatever I… Read More
The Hollywood Delusion
Spoiler alert: it’s looking pretty dreary. My wife and I just watched Olympus Has Fallen. To be honest, we were pretty entertained ourselves (although we didn’t feel the need to applaud like most people did… Read More
At Life’s Checkpoint
More than pleasures and possessions, I identify most strongly with the thirst for identity. Everything I strive for in life seems directed towards the purpose of answering the question, “Who am I?” As… Read More
The Counterfeit Enthusiasm
“I have vainly sought an anchor in the boundless sea of pleasure as well as in the depths of knowledge. I have felt the almost irresistible power with which one pleasure reaches a… Read More
What Tragedies Reveal About the Human Condition
Mike Segar/Reuters Edited 4/14/13 What we mean by “tragic” always implies more than an emotional reality, but also a moral reality. But we don’t hear much of the latter in the news. What… Read More
Christians Romanticizing Death
Edited 4/1/31 This really began with a tweet from David Platt, a pastor whom I admire: My immediate reaction was, ‘Is death really a reward?’ If so, why is it that we mourn our… Read More
The War Between Truth and Freedom
Edited 4/1/13 It seems that “truth” and “freedom” are the two remaining virtues championed in America today, yet they are (ironically) on opposing sides of the culture war. On the one hand, there… Read More
Richard Dawkins’ Case for God’s Existence
Updated 3/11/13 I chanced upon this quote from Richard Dawkins’ Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder: It is possible to enjoy the Mozart concerto without being able to play… Read More
Evening with Steve Childers
Edited 12/19/13 It was my first day at Steve Childers‘ Spiritual Formation class at RTS Orlando. The introductions were brief: “I’m a second year student, been married for four months, taking the class… Read More
Two Ways to Hate
There’re two ways to hate an object – one is to isolate it, and the other is to objectify it. You can either hate it and keep as far away from it as… Read More
