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FORE!
This reminds me… I have some buddies to golf with and we need to set a date.
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Limping Along
This semester of teaching has come to an end. The final tests are being administered and graded. It’s been a tough semester in many ways. Sometimes for students there are life issues that overwhelm. While we all like to think in terms of “winners” or “soaring like eagles,” there are many times we find ourselves limping along. Life hits us…
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Book Review — Present Perfect by Greg Boyd
I live and pastor in the Twin Cities, so I get somewhat of a front row seat to two very opposite biblical scholars/pastors: Greg Boyd and John Piper. The big Open Theism debate of several years features these two heavy weights. Ironically, I love both of them for their ability to communicate the Scriptures. Greg Boyd’s latest book, Present Perfect:…
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Quick Hits
There are moments of refreshing. Times when you are thankful for God’s grace in that moment. There are moments when it is grace. You think, “Did someone take a break from bashing another person or organization? What got into them?” But it can happen. Kristof and the NY Times took a break from bashing the Vatican to comment on the…
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Sexual Sin and Our Response
This is a great post by George P Wood. It’s worth discussing. In my experience, modern Christians tend toward the extremes of intolerance and tolerance. On the one hand, some Christians elevate sexual sins above other sins. On the other hand, other Christians turn a blind eye toward porneia, except when it involves child sexual abuse, incest, and adultery. This…
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The Need for Pastor-Scholars
One of my goals is to truly be a “pastor-scholar.” I certainly don’t think of myself in the vein of John Piper, yet I have as a goal the ability to strive to know God and then communicate him to my church. I don’t want to be a slouch intellectually or spiritually. Yet, I don’t want people in my church…
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Loser
I put this in because I am wrapping up a semester of teaching and have had it with my generation trying to protect the next generation from “hardships.” As a result I am watching students struggle and fade because of the smallest adversities. Then, they expect favors to help avoid the pain. We need losses in our lives. It teaches…
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The Opposite of Love…
A few weeks ago at a conference one of the plenary speakers said something that has rolled around in my mind since then. She said the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is silence. (That may be the wrong word, but it conveys the thought.) When you ignore someone, you are basically saying, “I do not…
