Apprentice 2 Jesus

  • The gospel is action

    Luke 3:7–14 (NIV) 7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of… Read more

  • The kingdom of God and suffering

    In the past few weeks I’ve had a similar question posed to me: “When did you come to faith?” My answer has been a bit longer because I honestly can’t remember a time I wasn’t aware of Jesus in my life in a way where I knew he was there and I was somehow following… Read more

  • Refreshing words of Isaiah

    Camp yourself in Isaiah 43 for a day or two. Let words like these settle deeply in your spirit: Read more

  • “We are all more or less wrong”

    An excerpt I read from a letter reflecting on the heartache in the Middle East. The quote is from Thomas Merton: Read more

  • Why it is still Jesus

    I am working my way through my notes from a few weeks ago when I went through Bonhoeffer’s Discipleship and the Book of Revelation. I am challenged by Bonhoeffer’s thoughts. Some notes I took from his book: Read more

  • The heart of Christian theology

    “Here, then, we are at the heart of Christian theology. God made humans to be his stewards, reflecting his wise image in the world, so that he might himself come into his world as the ultimate steward of creation… Humans were made as appropriate vehicles for God’s self-expression in his world.” (NT Wright, Into the… Read more

  • Loving our neighbor

    There were two items I read that connected in my mind and heart this week. They put together what I have had challenging my heart from NT Wright’s statements on the purpose of Romans 8. The deepest part of who I am exists for the world. This is the purpose of Christ’s salvation. I am… Read more

  • The depth of our existence

    NT Wright has been instrumental in reconfiguring my theology on the Kingdom of God. How I think about heaven and eternity and the depth of my existence has been deeply formed by NT Wright and Dallas Willard in the past few decades. Read more

  • Let my heart stay soft

    I have some of my daily reading in Isaiah and the Gospel of Mark currently. This week I have been comforted and challenged by two passages. Isaiah 10 and 11 calls me to understanding that God has always dealt with the “blowhards” and tyrants of the world. He will continue to do so. The key… Read more

  • Remembering ordination

    It was three years ago I was ordained as a vocational deacon in the Anglican Church of North America. I had been in ministry over 30 years in another denomination. When I was transferring my ordination into the Anglican Church, it was on the assumption I would come in as a priest. The Spirit has… Read more