As we celebrate another Christmas this week, I want to take a few moments to share some thoughts with all who will take the time to read this, especially to my non-Christian friends... Those of us who profess to be Christians don't always act like the Christ we claim to adore. We are sometimes impatient, …
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What Is Man?
My pastor, Mark Williams, and I are team teaching over several months a class based on Wayne Grudem's book "Christian Beliefs." (See my earlier book review here.) We haven't been recording the sessions throughout, but since I had an acquaintance on Twitter ask for a transcript or summary, I thought I would record this one …
Book Review: “Christian Beliefs” by Wayne Grudem
One of my modern heroes of theological writing is Wayne Grudem, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary. I recently read one of the several books he has written and which his son, Elliot Grudem, edited - Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know. I read it because my pastor and I are …
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It’s Time to Write the Final Chapter of My Career
As I adjust to the reality that I'll hit the big 6-0 birthday in a mere 20 months, I can't help but battle inwardly on what the final chapter of my professional career should look like. I bounce between three possible scenarios: Continue where I am, doing what I'm doing. Make no mistake about it, …
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Why I Won’t Be Giving Up Anything For Lent
If any of you want to give up something for Lent, by all means go ahead and do so. I won't think less or more of you for observing the practice. And I highly suspect few if any of you reading this really care whether I give up anything for Lent or not. That's fine, …
