“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” John 17:3 Last week I made the argument that our view of God directly affects our view of the gospel: If we don’t have an accurate, Biblical, view of God, we cannot and will not understand, much less appreciate,…
A.W. Tozer says, “What comes to mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” He goes on to say, “For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say…
What if the most freeing words ever spoken came in the most savage package? The Instagospel PSA: Social media isn’t what it once was. Many moons ago, it was a safe place where we would post ratchet photos with reckless abandonment, because bless our hearts, we didn’t know any better. Now apps exist that enable…
Brace yourself. This particular post is more serious than just about anything I’ve ever written (sans the thesis that shall not me named). Typically, I try to tackle heavy topics with a lighthearted approach, but not this time. This topic is anything but lighthearted and it affects every single person every single day in one…
(This is an article I wrote for Grit&Virtue and was featured there first) Twenty minutes before our guests arrived, I realized that my pulled-pork was leaning toward the salmonella side of rare. I had lured a couple from church with the promise of tacos, so I frantically chopped and cursed everything edible in our fridge and smothered…
When Ben and I first got engaged, we were advised to take an online personality test to learn about each other’s specific love language. For those who aren’t familiar with the 5 Love Languages, it’s essentially a personality test that helps you identify the ways in which you feel most cared for. This, they said,…
