Recently, I was having a conversation with some friends where we lamented the fact that so many Christians, including many within our own church, are comfortable with not just watching, but publicly endorsing Game of Thrones (GoT). For the record, I have never watched an episode of GoT, for reasons that will follow. Therefore, if... Continue Reading →
Don’t Let Them Sit Alone
On a cold Sunday morning, I took a Lyft to a church I’d never attended in a city I’d never been to. The driver was listening to some pretty raunchy rap and wasn’t interested in small talk. She dropped me off in what I thought was the parking lot and, despite my initial desires, I... Continue Reading →
A Poem: The Way of Calvary
"God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong." (I Corinthians 1:27) In weakness keep me Quell pride that I may see In sorrows call Man of Sorrows my all My boast is not in mine Glory alone belongs to Divine In weakness show me Let not knowledge... Continue Reading →
Against Descartes: “I Think, Therefore I Don’t Know”
René Descartes was a famous philosopher who coined the classic phrase, “I think, therefore I am.” When Descartes came up with that idea, he believed that he had dumped all of his knowledge and was essentially starting from scratch to determine what man could truly know based on his reason alone. The only way to... Continue Reading →
How Long Have Christians Been Privately Reading Scripture?
If you’re like me, you’ve perhaps assumed that private and individual reading of the Bible did not start until after the invention of the printing press. For starters, competent literacy was hard to come by in the ancient world. Additionally, written materials, due to the slow production process, were also just as sparse. Sure, there were... Continue Reading →
The Legalism Behind the Attractional Church Model
Often, the terms seeker-sensitive or attractional are used to describe a certain church model approach. Jared Wilson defines an attractional church as a “church ministry whose primary purpose is to make Christianity appealing.”1 This does not mean that it is or isn’t contemporary, or even that it is or isn’t a megachurch. Rather, it describes a... Continue Reading →