This was the first of two audiobooks I listened to in preparation for Easter. I was struck by how much meaning Adam Hamilton was able to draw from the seven statements of Jesus from the cross. Very rarely did the… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Final Words by Adam Hamilton
Happy Resurrection Day!
“My God, my God, why?” “So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man.” His sorrow; our joy. His despair; our hope. His obedience; our salvation.… Read More »My God, Why?
T.S. Eliot’s amazing and confounding poem, The Hollow Men, contains the following words: Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Heather Van Aelst says this in her analysis of the work “This… Read More »LEADERSHIP WEDNESDAY: The Shadow Falls
For reflection: My dream is— My greatest fear is— My greatest strength is— My greatest obstacle is— The person who has had the greatest impact on my life is— The teacher who has made the biggest difference is— My biggest… Read More »IS-
Wayne Grudem is known for his book Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, a mainstay in many Bible college and seminary classrooms, and a hallmark of scholarly, yet clear biblical exegesis. In Business for the Glory of God, he… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Business for the Glory of God by Wayne Grudem
NOTE: I wrote these thoughts down a while back. I’m pretty sure I stole some of these ideas from somewhere, I don’t remember where. There’s definitely some of my own flavor here, but I can’t take full credit for this post.… Read More »Solitude
This is the best, most biblically-based book on worship I have come across. Its one short-coming is its unnecessarily long length. John MacArthur does an excellent—and very thorough—job of expositing a biblical view of worship. Calling into question all our… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Worship by John MacArthur
Why do lion tamers use the tools they do? I mean the whip makes sense, but why a chair or a stool? I read somewhere that a chair can be very confusing for a lion. The lion is biologically programmed… Read More »LEADERSHIP WEDNESDAY: The Chair
Lead·er ’lē-dər n one in charge or command of others Ser·vant ’sər-vənt n one who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another person Par·a·dox ’per-ə-,däks n a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true Mark 10:42-45 Jesus called them… Read More »LEADERSHIP WEDNESDAY: Serve First