Free Will… The Buck Stops Here, Part 1 28 Apr 201528 Apr 2015 One day late in the summer of 1945, Fred Canfil, a US Marshall, visited a reform school in Missouri. On the principal's desk was a wooden sign, the kind of…
Grace… Lessons from Citations 27 Apr 201527 Apr 2015 Last Friday afternoon I had the distinct displeasure of being pulled over. The problem? Apparently my license was suspended! It did not matter to the policeman that I did not…
Parenthood Lessons from Fatherhood 24 Apr 201524 Apr 2015 Today my youngest turns 9 years old. She is a real sweetie. We have a little ritual we do when I drop her off at school. We give the "I…
Books… Bearing Dying Takes the Place of Final Death 24 Apr 201524 Apr 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 35: Bearing Dying Takes the Place of Final Death We Christians must bear our crosses. In my opinion, self is the greatest cross of them all!…
Discipleship A Wrap Up to Bad Rap 22 Apr 201522 Apr 2015 Last week I wrote a post entitled Bad Rap in which I talked about the harmful effects that having a bad understanding of what witnessing for Christ means can bring.…
Books… The Excellences of Christ 21 Apr 201521 Apr 2015 It is time for Tuesdays with Edwards! In August, 1736, Edwards preached a sermon called The Excellency of Christ in which he explores a series of pairs of characteristics of…
Books… Surrender Is Not a Heroic Sacrifice, But a Simple Sinking Into the Will of God 17 Apr 201517 Apr 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 34: Surrender Is Not a Heroic Sacrifice, But a Simple Sinking Into the Will of God Your only assignment, my dear daughter, is to be strong…
Love Buttercup 16 Apr 201516 Apr 2015 In the opening scenes of the iconic movie, The Princess Bride, Princess Buttercup loved to order her farm-boy Wesley around. It didn't matter if the request was big or small…
Books… The Threefold Work of the Holy Ghost 14 Apr 201514 Apr 2015 Tuesday's with Edwards! This selection serves as a good follow up to my last post, Bad Rap. In this sermon explores John 16:8, And when he is come, he will…
Discipleship Bad Rap 14 Apr 201514 Apr 2015 One of my girls' favorite songs is Bad Rap by Steve Taylor. Bad Rap is a very intentional bad rap about the "bad rap" that Christians have in the eyes…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 