The Church and Mister Rogers
I can remember growing up hearing Mister Rogers singing, “Want you be my neighbor.” If you are familiar with his show, you may remember a…
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Running towards, not from Nineveh:
God came to Jonah and told him to, “Arise, go to Nineveh…and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me” (Jonah…
Interacting with the “Tangible Kingdom”
In The Tangible Kingdom, authors Hugh Halter and Matt Smay have a simple purpose: to address the unsettling feelings of hundreds and thousands (of people)…
Beauty and the Beholder
Life contains things that we consider beautiful as well as those things that we consider not so beautiful. Ok—ugly. I remember growing up learning the…
7 Deadly Sins: 7 Sins that Lead to the Unhealthiness of Churches
These seven categories are not exhaustive, but are ones that did exist within Israel, as well as New Testament believers and churches. Therefore, these provide…
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Where Did All the Time Go? Finding Help in our Time Management:
Achieving excellence is impossible, in any sphere of life, without proper discipline. For many Christians and Christian leaders, the pursuit of excellence is drowned in…
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Review of “Practicing Greatness” by Reggie McNeal
What leader refrains from the desire to be great? Even two of Jesus’ disciples expressed the desire to be great (Mark 10:35-37). Responding to his…
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Catch Me if You Can: The Creation, Goal, Destruction and Deliverance of Counterfeit gods
Tim Keller in his work, Counterfeit gods, along with Kyle Idleman in his latest work, gods at War, engage in the topic of idolatry. Idols…
Children and the Gospel: Not Saved from Something, but To Something
I have been conversing back and forth with my (now) seven year old about Jesus and the meaning of the gospel. My son knows all…
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Review and Interaction of “Desiring the Kingdom” by James K. A. Smith
James K. A. Smith sets out to argue, in his work, Desiring the Kingdom, that liturgy (worship), whether sacred or secular, shape and constitute our…
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