An immensely helpful volume in this series, one of my favorite writers, Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, takes the mundane out of the ordinary showing the importance and veritable vitality of this season. Ordinary Time: The Season of Growth is filled with extraordinary insights. As Iread more ➜
I wish I had Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God when I lived less than 2 miles from Focus on the Family campus headquarters. It’s no surprise that they prioritize the nuclear family over just about everything else. I attended church with manyread more ➜
Sameer Yadav graciously sent to me his article titled, “A Joban Theology of Consolation“, published in the Harvard Theological Review, Volume 117, Issue 2. Not only does his reading of Job bring great consolation to me personally, it brilliantly foregrounds a key aspect of unmerited suffering andread more ➜
Humility Illuminated: The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character is an important read and I learned a lot. But Dennis R. Edwards makes clear that learning is merely a means; growth in humility is the goal. To that end, this was a very good andread more ➜
Ian Paul’s post, “What does it mean to ‘love God with your mind’?” is really very good and deserves a careful and thoughtful read. Here’s a quote from one of my favorite books in this space: The believer is a critical adventurer, taking rationally responsibleread more ➜
Short answer: Yes. However, and this may seem obvious and come as no surprise, it seems to me that for those who affirm and embrace Christianity, there is some measure of obligation to grow or mature in the faith. Consider how the image of “infant”read more ➜
It’s been said that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” I’m uncertain about the role of “sincere” flattery, but it’s more than clear that imitating others is an indication of their personal influence and impact. Imitation shows that what others do plays a significant roleread more ➜
What follows is advice I gave when someone asked how I handled my anger. I don’t pretend to have it all together in this arena and certainly do fail periodically in keeping my anger under control. But, over the years, I have gleaned some wisdomread more ➜
Discerning the Use[fullness] of the Spiritual Disciplines: Framing the Discussion D. A. Carson, former research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, offers six “introductory reflections” on the spiritual disciplines and unpacks them with biblical faithfulness and practical wisdom. Theyread more ➜
Scot McKnight has a brief post pointing to Larry Hurtado‘s newest release Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World. There he highlights distinctions between political, cultural, and religious identities in the first century world and notes that a Christian religious identityread more ➜
Slowly working through Craig Keener’s The Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking and finding it to be not only rigorous and thorough (who could expect anything less from Keener?) but personally penetrating and acute on many levels. He’s giving many reasons forread more ➜
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