Let me preface this entry; I feel it deserves some explanation. Since September, I have been dramatically and regularly encountering God in ways I never have before. The Lord has been rapidly changing my heart. I am not alone in this, either. Many of my friends who participated in a bible study I helped lead
In John 4, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman drawing water from a well in the middle of the day. 1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and
It is baffling to consider the enormity of infinity. Abraham’s resignation to sacrifice Isaac is extraordinary. Think of the total cost of Isaac’s sacrifice. Abraham would lose his son. Isaac was his only true heir, not including Ishmael, who he had already sent away. By killing Isaac, Abraham ended his own family line—a great shame
These are seven questions I asked myself after deeply wrestling with questions regarding human responsibility, free will, and God’s sovereignty. In the summer of 2014 I read Francis Chan’s “Erasing Hell” and took up his offer to read Romans 8-9. It blew my mind, to say the least. My appetite disappeared, my ability to sleep
Israel Israel Israel. What is there to say about you? Stream of consciousness, here we go. Really, I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to vocalize anything about my trip to Israel. Honestly, I guess I was underwhelmed. Yeah, being where Jesus lived and walked and preached was sweet. But it wasn’t nearly
Can pain be beautiful? That is one way to phrase a question I’ve been struggling to answer. I’ve wondered if beauty can be found in suffering. As I have written about in the past, experiencing beauty often includes unpleasant emotions along with positive ones. But there is a great difference between understanding the sense of
I should not have procrastinated on these blog entries. Erg. Too many thoughts worth so much of my time, and yet I have no time to give. Such is the life of a pure J-type. But I digress. Let’s get to thinking. Over the course of this class, it seems as though two positions have
This is the second part of a lesson series I made a while back. It was a five part series and explored how Christians ought to live life with an eternal perspective. The lessons explored sin, love, election, and evangelism. I already posted my lesson on love a while ago on this blog, and I
It is an incredible thing when parents begin to confide in their children. Previously, I’ve noted how discomfiting it can be to realize parents are as perplexed and improvisational in life as any other human on the face of the earth. Children often grow up believing their moms and dads are infallible and know exactly
The indisputable rules to the greatest game known to our species.
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