God, the Headwater of All Streams of Desire
I’ve recently been reading through Tim Keller’s book Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. That combination—awe and...
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Sep 17, 20141 min read
Jonathan Edwards’ Newest Book
You read that right: Jonathan Edwards just published a new book. No, not the puritan Jonathan Edwards, but a friend of mine by the same...
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Jul 21, 20141 min read
“Ready to Launch”: People Like Me Much Better When Veronica is Present
I had a lot of fun filming these 10-second video promos for Ready to Launch with Veronica. She automatically brings the “watchability”...
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Jul 1, 20141 min read
“Ready To Launch” Is . . . Ready To Launch!
When Lifeway contacted Veronica and me to write a resource on parenting, we were understandably hesitant. As any parent knows, few...
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Jun 23, 20142 min read
Business Brings Blessing to a Community
I’m encouraged by the growing movement to use business as a way to gain access to unreached parts of the world. For many businessmen and...
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May 12, 20142 min read
“Recovering Redemption” – The Gospel Is The Power To Change
I’m excited to pick up Matt Chandler and Michael Snetzer’s Recovering Redemption: A Gospel-Saturated Perspective on How to Change, which...
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Apr 10, 20143 min read
Worshiping With Outsiders In Mind
I’ve been re-reading Tim Keller’s Center Church, an immensely helpful and frequently challenging book. Among Keller’s many insights, I...
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Apr 7, 20143 min read
Dragged Into the Kingdom, Kicking and Screaming
C. S. Lewis has one of the more intriguing stories of conversion. In his autobiography, Surprised by Joy, he called himself “the most...
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Mar 3, 20143 min read
Shouldn’t I Love God More By Now?
Pastor J.D., I’ve been thinking a lot about something you mentioned in a sermon a few weeks ago. You said that you went through the...
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Feb 24, 20142 min read
The Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution
I am in the midst of reading this fascinating work, the combined efforts of one of America’s foremost theologians and renowned...
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Oct 31, 20139 min read
Four Ways God’s Spirit Speaks To Our Spirit (Part 2)
This is the last of a four-part series about the Holy Spirit. Check out part 1 , part 2 , and part 3. These are working sections from a...
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Oct 30, 201312 min read
Four Ways God’s Spirit Speaks To Our Spirit (Part 1)
This is the 3rd of a four-part series about the Holy Spirit. You can see part 1 and part 2 here. These are working sections from a book...
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Oct 29, 20139 min read
The First Assignment in the Great Commission: “Do Nothing”
This is the 2nd of a four-part series about the Holy Spirit. You can see part 1 here. These are working sections from a book manuscript I...
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Oct 28, 20139 min read
In Light of a “Strange Fire” – Some Holy Spirit Thoughts
In light of the recent controversy that John MacArthur, Mark Driscoll, et al. have been stirring up about evangelical church and the Holy...
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Sep 18, 20135 min read
No Such Thing As Boring: A Conversation with Michael Kelley
If there’s one word that sums up the lives of many in our congregations, it just might be “bored.” Even those of us who want to make a...
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Sep 16, 20134 min read
Here I Stand, I Cannot Do Otherwise
I’ve been re-reading Roland Bainton’s classic biography of Martin Luther, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. The depiction of Luther...
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Aug 14, 20132 min read
The Source of Abraham Lincoln’s Resolve
I read this great piece recently from Abraham Lincoln: The Spiritual Growth of a Public Man, by Elton Trueblood, pp. 25-26: “When...
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Aug 5, 20132 min read
Martin Luther on the “Masks of God”
Martin Luther, the great German reformer, was instrumental in breaking down the artificial divide between “sacred” and “secular” work. In...
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May 27, 20131 min read
David Powlison’s Classic “Idols of the Heart”
I have been reading back through an old, favorite article by David Powlison: “Idols of the Heart and ‘Vanity Fair.’” Powlison published...
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Apr 15, 20133 min read
Single Christians and the “Sacred Search”
I just finished reading through Gary Thomas’ Sacred Search, a valuable book for single Christians that challenges a lot of our society’s...
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