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What Made the Early Church Unique, Love is the Foundation of Knowledge, & Our Predictions About
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Jan 24, 20202 min read
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What to Do When You Have More Than Enough
During the wilderness journey of the Israelites, God covered the ground every morning with bread from heaven. It was like he spread out...
Jan 22, 20203 min read
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Dr. King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” Still Speaks to Us Today
On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sat in a small, solitary jail cell in Birmingham, reading a newspaper article written by...
Jan 20, 20203 min read
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How to Listen More (and Better), Loving People via Email, & Religious Liberty in the Absence of
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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This Nine-question Quiz Will Ruin Your Day
The Apostle Paul says that at the core of all our sin is idolatry. He didn’t just mean bowing down to statues (though that counts)....
Jan 15, 20204 min read
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Stop Treating the Church Like the ACC Network
Have you ever signed up for a two-week trial of a streaming service and then just used a different email address to sign up again after...
Jan 13, 20203 min read
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A Decade of Disillusionment, The Division of the United Methodist Church, & Why Public Discours
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Jan 10, 20203 min read
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Stop Clinging to Confederate Currency
Imagine you’re a Northerner living in the South doing business toward the end of the Civil War. In your business, you’ve accumulated a...
Jan 8, 20203 min read
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The Foolishness of Pride
I once heard the story about an Army officer who had just been promoted to Colonel. He was feeling pretty high on himself and kept...
Jan 6, 20203 min read
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Power Disparities, Adoniram Judson’s Spiritual Descendants, & Can We Trust the Gospels?
We’ll be taking a blogging break for Christmas, and will see you again Jan. 6. Enjoy your Christmas and New Year’s! Wisdom for Your...
Dec 20, 20192 min read
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Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
Some time ago I heard an interview with Bono on a public news station, and the subject of Jesus came up. I guess Bono was in one of his...
Dec 18, 20194 min read
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Your Religious Sincerity Won’t Save You
In the Apostle Paul’s day, there were 613 written, Old Testament laws that Jews strictly adhered to. If that sounds like a lot, it is....
Dec 16, 20193 min read
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We Can Worship Even When We Don’t Understand
Florence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel, decided in 1952 that she wanted to swim from Catalina Island to the...
Dec 11, 20194 min read
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Stay Out of the Judge’s Chair
Never, ever take vengeance unto yourself. Never get up into the Judge’s chair. Don’t ever take vengeance—not against your spouse who was...
Dec 9, 20193 min read
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Facing the Darkness at Christmas, What Joseph Has to Say About Abuse, & Mr. Rogers Wanted to Ta
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Dec 6, 20192 min read
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The Value of Showing Honor
Every year, thousands of young people with special needs have a “Night to Shine,” where they dress up in tuxes and formal dresses, have...
Dec 4, 20193 min read
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God Saves Us for His Glory
One of the most common objections to evangelical Christianity today is the question of why a “good God” wouldn’t just save everybody. If...
Dec 2, 20193 min read
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Misunderstood Muslims, Being Angry at Chick-fil-A, & Immigration Reform That Is Just as Well as
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Nov 22, 20192 min read
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The eBay Rule
They say the value of something is shown only by what someone is willing to pay for it. Joby Martin, a pastor in Jacksonville, calls this...
Nov 20, 20193 min read
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What’s the Point of Reading the Bible, Anyway?
For many people, growth in Christ is primarily growth in knowledge of Bible facts and doctrines. Maybe you love digging deep in the...
Nov 18, 20193 min read
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