I am afraid we have lost our sense of wonder. The world is ablaze with wonder, and we seem far too unaware, far too blind to the grandeur of God with which the world burns. We are creatures whose appetites for wonder have been dulled by the numbing power of self-dependency. We have tethered our…
Continue reading ➞ J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton, & An Invitation to Wonder
The pageantry of college football is inescapably enticing. The crisp autumn air, the marching band, the roar of tens of thousands of fans all collide in a unique array of intoxicating sensations. At its best, college football is the God-honoring display and God-honoring enjoyment of God’s good gifts. At its worst, however, it is an…
Continue reading ➞ Where Your Saturdays Are, There Your Heart Will Be Also
Where did we come from? Where are we going? What does this all mean? These are questions whose answers form the framework of a worldview. A worldview is a grand story of the world crafted to makes sense of the world. So then, our lives are informed by story. We all have a reigning story…
The life to which you have been called by God is one of anonymity. It is one that not only suggests but demands a persistent humility before God and others. This type of humility is not simply willed into existence. It is not forged by human exertion. It is gifted from the Spirit of God…
How do we wage war against atrocities that leave us paralyzed in silent devastation? How do we rise up against injustice that cripples us under its unspeakably heavy burden? These are questions I have grappled with in the wake of what is now five videos that clearly and undeniably implicate top level Planned Parenthood in…
Continue reading ➞ Planned Parenthood, Racism & The Greater Evil
When it comes to sin, the church has made a tragic, even fatal, habit of treating malignant tumors with band aids. We play with nuclear bombs like they are snap pops. Nowhere is this evidenced more than in our unwillingness to drag the darkness of our sin into the liberating light of the gospel. When…
Continue reading ➞ Confession, The Reality of Sin & The Hope of the Gospel