Today I celebrate twenty-five years of life and grace. Considering that in the mind of God I was chosen and born and sanctified eternal ages ago, I am also celebrating myriads of ages of life and grace. I don't entirely know what to say, but I feel responsible to communicate a Godward tribute for years … More Twenty-Five Years Old
I posted the following at FoolishBlog tonight and thought I would post it here, too. The first paragraph is a bit redundant after what I shared here a few days ago, but the rest of it isn't. We title our posts over at FoolishBlog. I entitled this one "No Glamour Here." I recently returned from … More No Glamour Here
I'm sitting in a classroom at The Master's Seminary right now, trying to make the most of a 45-minute break between classes. I'm still trying to catch up on life after Uganda. The trip was well-worth the after-effects of compacted busyness, but it's busy nonetheless. A few minutes before 1:00pm this afternoon, I walked briskly … More Dr. Robert Thomas: Servant
I'm preparing for tomorrow's TMC Split Chapel (guys and girls split), and thinking about the Gospel. I'm reminded that it's really an amazing thing to be saved. The Gospel is such a wonderful thing to think about. And life becomes very sad and very empty very fast when I forget it. One of Jerry Bridges' … More An Amazing Thing
I'm very hesitant to try to share about my trip to Uganda. Not because I don't want to, but because it will be hard. I feel like I sometimes feel when being faced with a big school project. I know it'll take a lot of mental sweat, that it probably won't come out as good … More God-Centeredness
I feel like I'm making some big announcement in saying that I'm back from Uganda, but I'm not quite sure why I feel that way. Maybe it's because going to Africa was such a dream of mine for so long. Maybe it's because when you live in a tight-knit dorm community, being gone for twelve days is … More Back from Uganda: A Lesson about the Culture of the Word
I don't have much time tonight as I'm preparing to leave for Uganda tomorrow (technically today) as well as thinking about dorm chapel in the morning. But I wanted to post one last time before the two-week pause. As I leave, I am reminded of James 4:13-15: "Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow … More If the Lord Wills
Tomorrow I'm getting all my immunization shots and pills for my trip to Uganda. I didn't know there were so many serious diseases that were so easy to get in Africa. I guess I've wanted to go for so long and have thought so much about the needs and opportunities there that I never thought in detail about the … More Taste and See
For a long time, I have longed to visit Africa. I love Africa, as much as one can love a place he's never been and a people he's never seen. It's like the love I had for Israel before I went this past summer (a love which only increased and was proven to be a … More Africa: Finally!
Fifty years ago today, missionaries Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming were killed in Ecuador while attempting to contact the Auca indians with the Gospel. They were driven by the highest ambition, and paid the highest price. These men are considered heroes in Christian circles, especially Jim Elliot because his … More Heroes
The following is from Justin Taylor, Theological Director of DesiringGod, who writes Between Two Worlds. By all means, please read it and pray. On Thursday or Friday the Bethlehem Baptist Church family will receive a letter from John Piper explaining that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The letter in its entirety is reprinted … More Pray for John Piper
Cindi and I spent the first half of Christmas Break in Oklahoma with our families, and have been back in California since last Thursday. We haven't been able to access the internet since we got back, which is why tonight's post is following one from Christmas Day. I'm not entirely sure what to write about … More Normal Christianity
Cindi and I didn’t send out a Christmas letter this year. We enjoy the ones we get from others, but so many people send them that we usually don’t feel like adding to the mix. Two years ago, though, we took the opportunity to both write a Christmas letter as well as send out a … More “Messiah”: A Christmas Poem
Tomorrow I will have been married to Cindi for three years. To quantify the blessings of her companionship would be an exercise in futility. To qualify the gift that she is to me would be similarly vain. The worth of an excellent wife is only comprehensible to the men who have one, and even then … More Three-Year Anniversary
A lot of internet ink has been spilled recently on the issue of whether or not churches should have normal services on Christmas Day, since Christmas falls on a Sunday this year. I'm not going to spill any more of it, and not just because I think that internet ink is a valuable commodity. There is … More Church on Christmas Sunday?
It makes me very sad when mature Christians I know speak the name of the Lord lightly. I feel like I'm hearing it more and more. I know that there is scholarly debate over what it actually means to take the Lord's name in vain, but mentioning God flippantly and referring to Jesus jokingly really … More The Lord’s Name
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