No Glamour Here

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

An Amazing Thing

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

God-Centeredness

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

Back from Uganda: A Lesson about the Culture of the Word

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

If the Lord Wills

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

Taste and See

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

Africa: Finally!

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!

Heroes

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

Pray for John Piper

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

Normal Christianity

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

The Lord’s Name

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

Foremost of All

“It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.”   — 1 Timothy 1:15 There is a difference between believing in the total depravity of man and believing in the total depravity of yourself.  The former is always easier, for … More Foremost of All