I’ve been processing the fear of God lately. The Bible has different, even conflicting ideas about this that are sometimes hard to harmonize. For example, Proverbs 1:7 says that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” (NIV), then in Isaiah 41:10 it says, “So do not fear,…
I’ve been reading Craig Groeschel’s book Dangerous Prayers, which has me fired up to pray bold prayers. Along with that, I was reading in Acts today and came across an extremely dangerous prayer that Craig forgot to put in his book! The believers had just been persecuted by Herod and…
As a discipleship pastor, I was given the honor of reconsidering how we do discipleship. It seems that every pastors conference I’ve been at over the past year (3-4 of them!) has been focused on discipleship and how most churches struggle with helping people grow and mature in their faith.…
I read this and thought it was such a good summary of the entire Gospel that I wanted to post it so I didn’t loose it! HA! “God created a good creation offering humans community and relationship. In rebellion, we rejected the offer of relationship, made a hell of God’s…
I just finished a class on the early church and my main research project involved Irenaeus of Lyons who lived in the late second century. He is known for his doctrine of recapitulation, which is basically the idea that all of God’s plan fits together into the saving work of…
[The “Briefly” series is a super-short overview of people and writings from the first 500 years of the church. It’s supposed to be a thumbnail sketch that might make you want to read more on your own!] Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor, Book 1 Clement, whose real name was Titus…
[The “Briefly” series is a super-short overview of people and writings from the first 500 years of the church. It’s supposed to be a thumbnail sketch that might make you want to read more on your own!] Augustine’s Sermons for the Liturgical Seasons: For the Recent Converts These are a…
Today I watched a documentary on George Lucas making the first Star Wars films and I actually teared up. Not weeping (ha!), but something stuck a cord. I was just reflecting about it and asking myself what it was that I connected to in his story? I feel like it…
[The “Briefly” series is a super-short overview of people and writings from the first 500 years of the church. It’s supposed to be a thumbnail sketch that might make you want to read more on your own!] Commentary on Genesis 1-2 by Didymus the Blind. Didymus was born in 313…