Well, after a three month break from blogging, I've decided to return from retirement. The break was good - it helped me, hopefully, be less obsessive about the blog. And, I was running out of things to say! My reading had been very technical (read 'boring') and wasn't sparking any good blog ideas.I'm done with … Continue reading I’m Back
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Toxic Idea
For the summer I'm leading the Connexion study on "Toxic Ideas" - ideas/presuppositions we've swallowed, often knowingly and usually uncritically. Last Thursday we looked at the idea prevalent in our iPhone obsessed culture that newer is always better, thinking through several key passages that command us to remember and hold onto the past and the Tradition … Continue reading Toxic Idea
>Praying Specifically
>This past weekend, John Erickson made the point repeatedly that we should read broadly (the whole Bible to get the story firmly in our minds) and pray specifically (the passage we are studying, allowing the Spirit to impress the truth upon us powerfully). Learning to pray Scripture has had a tremendous impact on my spiritual … Continue reading >Praying Specifically
>Great Books on Edwards (update)
>This coming Sunday I'm teaching on Revivals and Revivalism in the American church. I've been reminded how much I love Jonathan Edwards and thought I'd pass on my favorite Edwards books (by Edwards or on Edwards):1. Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography, by Iain Murray. It's pretty long, but pretty awesome too! This was my first … Continue reading >Great Books on Edwards (update)
>Jesus Made in America, part 2
>In chapter three of Nichol's book, Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ, he explores the Jesus of the nineteenth century, focusing our attentions on the different portraits of Jesus that emerged on the frontier, in the parlors of Victorian culture, on the battlefields of Civil … Continue reading >Jesus Made in America, part 2
God Entranced 