Is Your Experience of Christianity Supernatural?
I read a book not too long ago called: Preaching to a Post-Everything World by Jack Eswine. This quote stood out to me because although I am part of a Pentecostal college, it seems like sometimes...
View ArticleHow to Short-Circuit the Need for Experience in Gaining Wisdom
Seneca once said: “The way to wisdom is long if one follows the precepts but short if one follows the patterns.” I think this stands as a good tagline for the following story: There was a story on 60...
View ArticleReview: What’s Best Next by Matt Perman
I just finished: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman. This is the book I Imagine John Piper would write on productivity; its Christian...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Multiplying Useless Work
Have you ever wondered why small things can feel so huge? Do you want to know how to avoid feeling flustered because of small interruptions? I discovered an explanation in Matt Perman’s new book,...
View ArticleHow Finney Changed Church Buildings
Sometimes it only takes a very small measure of church history to cast a large light on modern evangelicalism practice. In Worship Through the Ages by Vernon M. Whaley, I discovered why modern church...
View ArticleHow Your Diet Affects Your Appetite: Two Things Necessary for Revival
Why is it that revival only seems to happen in the history books, or in the stories of our parents or grandparents? As I have been reading Worship Through the Ages by Vernon M. Whaley, I have noticed a...
View ArticleDon’t Follow Me, Stay Where You Are (And Follow Me!)
Sometimes it can feel like you aren’t a very good Christian unless you are a missionary half-way across the world. In the book The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture, by Jonathan...
View ArticleHow Big is Your Drip Line?
This week I have been enjoying the book The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture, by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Based off Psalm 1, he uses the metaphor of a tree to describe the...
View ArticleCellphone Use as Infidelity in Parenting
A recent study published in the Pediatrics Journal describes how parents use their cell phones while in restaurants with their children. First the facts: most parents “used some kind of mobile device,...
View ArticleMy New Blog
Hello! I have a new blog! I won’t be posting anything at this one anymore. The limitations of wordpress.com became too much to bear. Thanks to all those who have participated at this blog! i look...
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