Like I mentioned in my last post, January is when I tend to do some reflecting on the past year. In this post I want to tell you about my favorite book from 2011: Tim Keller’s King’s Cross It’s hard to really articulate how much I’ve appreciated this book. The flow of the book is [...]
This has been in heavy rotation on my playlist lately. It’s a track that some really talented hip-hop artists put together to help raise some money for aid to Sudan. After you give it a listen, cruise over to iTunes and search for “Actions Speak Louder“, and download it for a buck. 100% of the proceeds (after [...]
Stephanie and I are really blessed to be a part of a church body with an insane pool of talented folks. Last year alone, THREE different members of our worship team released new albums, but you won’t find them in Walmart or on the radio, so I want to make sure you know about them. First up: [...]
In the past few years, my understanding of God and the Bible have changed dramatically. In this 3-minute video, Tim Keller explains what I have been learning: The Bible isn’t about me. or you. It’s about Jesus. The whole thing is about Jesus. It isn’t about what God can do for you. It isn’t about [...]
Steph and I recently watched an episode of a “reality” show where a “pro-choice” woman who works at an abortion clinic goes to live with a bunch of women at a shelter for new mommies for 30 days. The idea is that she would see that there are great alternatives to abortion, and also that [...]
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Growing up, I was really into hip-hop music, but had a really hard time finding music that I liked that wasn’t totally profane. All the good music was fowl, and all the ‘clean’ music was super cheezy (DC Talk, anyone?) I wish that the fellas at Reach Records had been making music back then. Lecrae, [...]
This is five minutes from John Piper‘s message from this year’s Desiring God Conference For Pastors. Piper taught for an hour on what he has learned from C.S. Lewis over the course of his life. Almost every single sentence is quotable and I STRONGLY encourage you to go download it or watch it (for free, [...]
