Kingdom People

For the past two years, I have taken a break from blogging during the month of July. I have found that this time away has been spiritually and mentally refreshing. Though the short-term nature of the blogosphere makes an extended absence unwise from a blogger’s standpoint, my previous sabbaticals have been good for my soul.
So, [...]

Pro-Abortion Former Solicitor General Predicts Supreme Court Will Overturn Roe v. Wade:
Walter Dellinger predicted the Supreme Court will eventually overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that allowed 52 million abortions in the United States and has impacted other nations across the world. Dellinger’s comments are surprising as most abortion advocates don’t readily admit the day [...]

Some notes on two books I have read recently:
Surprised by Grace:
God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels
Tullian Tchividjian
Crossway, 2010
Rating: **** ½
C.S. Lewis was surprised by joy. N.T. Wright is surprised by hope. Pastor Tullian Tchividjian is surprised by grace, particularly the grace he finds in the Old Testament story of Jonah.
Although the Bible condenses Jonah’s story into [...]

“One anothers” I can’t find in the New Testament:
Humble one another, scrutinize one another, pressure one another, embarrass one another, corner one another, interrupt one another…
John Piper’s marks of a spiritual leader:
The spiritual leader knows that ultimately the productivity of his labors rests in God and that God can do more while he is asleep [...]

This summer, the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution on the need for our churches to be centered on the gospel. This resolution is worth pondering (and acting upon!), but the form of a resolution can cause one’s eyes to glaze over. Here is a different way of breaking down the concepts in the resolution. [...]

The need for impractical books:
There have been many times when we have faced problems that defied “how to” fixes.  In all those times, we needed the gloriously impractical books that gave us nothing to do, but told us of someone to trust and reminded us of his work for us and in us.
Often what God [...]

Merciful Father, we thank You that in Your great faithfulness You kept watch over us during this past night. Strengthen and guide us by Your Holy Spirit, that we may use this new day and all the days of our life in holiness and righteousness. Grant that we in all our undertakings may always have [...]

If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here…
Had the Lord so willed it, he might have changed us from imperfection to perfection and have taken us to heaven at once.
Why then [...]

1. Scot McKnight responds to the responses in Christianity Today regarding his cover story on how little theological value is in historical Jesus studies.
2. David Dockery’s summer reading list
3. Ed Stetzer on TBN? Yes, and the gospel too!
4. Jon Acuff on the differences between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day sermons
5. A review of the Philip [...]

Today I turn 29. A birthday is a good opportunity to reflect upon the past year and look forward to the next. Any birthday that ends in 9 is a good opportunity to look back on the previous decade.
My wife and I were talking recently about our twenties, and we realized that for me, this [...]