Monthly Archives for February 2009
Decision Making
“Sometimes Christians speak of each decision of their lives as though they were launching a moon-shot where a single miscalculation would send the capsule into a trackless void. Even space scientists do better than that, correcting the flight of the … Continue reading
What Would You Ask Kent Hughes?
Next weekend Kent Hughes will be our guest speaker for the CPC Men’s Retreat. On Friday night I will kick off the weekend by interviewing Kent Hughes. I’d love your help in coming up with some interview questions. What would … Continue reading
Committing Breakfast in Your Heart
“If you look upon ham and eggs and lust, you have already committed breakfast in your heart.” C.S. Lewis
The Reformation: Drunk on Grace
“The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellar full of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred proof grace–bottle after bottle of pure distillate of Scripture, one sip … Continue reading
K-Y Jelly Complementarianism
In a strange way, I’m thankful for the recent K-Y Brand lubricant advertising in my local paper, The San Francisco Chronicle. Why? K-Y’s new product, yours+mine, assumes that men and women are different and that sex is an activity for … Continue reading
Called to the Ministry Quotes
A bunch quotes I appreciated from Called to the Ministry, beginning with my four favorites: “Every gift you have received, then, is a calling of the Spirit…Indeed, you ought not even to be content with the gifts that you have, … Continue reading
Edmund Clowney, Called to the Ministry
It’s only 90 small pages, but Edmund Clowney’s 1964 treatsie, Called to the Ministry, might be the best book a man considering the ministry could read. I wish I had read this book 10 years ago. Tomorrow I’ll post some … Continue reading
Consider Jesus: Published; The Good Book Company
The Good Book Company has published Consider Jesus, a study I wrote on the book of Hebrews. I owe a big thank you to Andrew Cook, a blog reader in the UK, who spotted the material I’d written on Hebrews … Continue reading
Missing Fathers…
“Millions of children do not know, and will never know what it means to have a father. More poignantly, they do not know anyone who has a father or is a father… “It takes little imagination to begin to understand … Continue reading