Is God’s law a delight, or a drag? You would probably say the answer is a little complicated. Many of us who work hard to remain focused on the gospel as our hope before God have an almost visceral reaction to “the law,” particularly when it is presented as a means of obtaining or maintaining [...]
I recently finished John Piper’s newest, A Sweet and Bitter Providence, that unpacks the sovereign care of God for his people in a beautiful and experiential way. This paragraph sums up the book well,
Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding [...]
Not too long ago I threw up in a very public place. In front of a lady. She is a member of our church. Boom.
It is sometimes easier for me to filter the bigger crises in my life through biblical theology, than it is the smaller inconveniences and embarrassments. For example, if someone steals my [...]
Depending on the tribe you belong to, the term “pastor/theologian” might be seen either as a redundant, or oxy-moronic expression. Some view the pastor as a practitioner, and the theologian as a theoretician; two separate roles. Others, like those of us in Acts 29, understand the pastor to be a leading theologian among the people [...]
I’m heading down to Louisville for the Acts 29 Bootcamp with friends (an elder and two of our young men) from Redeemer. If you’re going to be there and want to connect look around shoulder height of everyone else and you might see me. You can me in Twitter to get a peek of the [...]
I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship, husband to Jen, Dad to Katherine, Elias and Madeline - and the short, bald guy in Starbucks writing in a Moleskine journal.
