I want to commend to you my wife’s essay called Sword Drill on her blog. Some interesting thoughts about how the way we use and read our Bible’s today may have more effect on our understanding than we realize

To those who urge that Christians must jump on the postmodern bandwagon….
and to those who plead that we remain on the modern bandwagon…
and to those who opine that we should get back to the premodern bandwagon…
…I say park your wagons, fire the band, and listen to C. S. Lewis:

Whatever is not eternal is eternally out [...]

On this St. Valentine’s day, I want to offer public thanks to God for the greatest gift in my life, my Long Suffering (and Long Loving) Wife, Karyn.
My heavenly Father,
Knowing you through Jesus Christ my Lord would be enough for me through all eternity. That alone is more than I could ever deserve. But you [...]

The following is my post, slightly edited, from rmfo.net on the Caedmons Call concert we attended in Frederick, Maryland, last night. The personal references are to fellow rmfo.net members (we refer to one another as “dot netters”) with whom we attended the show.
Andrew Peterson was the opener for this mini-tour. Toward the end of [...]

Michael Spencer, aka the Internet Monk, has written a piece called Wretched Urgency which dares to ask (and answer!) a question that has plagued me for decades….is the obsession of the modern conservative church for church growth and personal evangelism actually a biblical mandate?
Having grown up in conservative evangelicalism, I always struggled with the guilt [...]

For what it’s worth, here’s a list of some of the Google search terms people were using when they found my blog:
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Hmmm….I was kind of hoping to see “really great blog” in there.

My Internet friend Josh shared an article from GQ’s online site that had more impact on me than I would’ve expected. On one level, you could read his story as just an amusing and insightful glimpse into the bizzaro world of evangelical subculture. But something about it haunts me, gets its fingers into me in [...]

I never cease being amazed at our God-given capacity to learn. Which reminds me of my favorite Gary Larson cartoon…

The humor there is in the irony that our brains never really “fill up.” No matter how much we take in, there’s always room for more…though it hardly feels like it when your Greek instructor throws [...]

Yesterday I rejoined the ranks of the working class.
Karyn and I were blessed to be able to come here with enough finances to get us through our first year while being full time students. We will always be grateful for that opportunity. Putting our hearts and minds to this fully has laid, we trust, a [...]

Click the link below for a chance to win a copy of the ESV Reformation Study Bible and an autographed copy of R. C. Sproul’s The Holiness of God. This is a legit contest being run by a friend of mine and the wonderful monergism.com website.