Discipleship… New Jersey, Leviticus, and the Great Commandment 5 Jul 20155 Jul 2015 Of the fifty states in our nation, New Jersey is I think at the top of the list for being the least appreciated. "The armpit of the nation" I have…
Discipleship… Since You Need to Know Before You Love… 29 Jun 201529 Jun 2015 So…picking up where I left off in yesterday's post…Love for God leads to loving others and that leads to making disciples. How do we nurture and mature our love for…
Family… Learning from Dads 21 Jun 201521 Jun 2015 FWell, hello again….it has been a while. Family, work, and a week away at the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale Divinity School have kept me from posting for a while.…
Church Answering Nathaniel 1 Jun 20151 Jun 2015 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about…
Discipleship Follow Up Thoughts on “Lessons from Batman” 28 May 201528 May 2015 As I have been reflecting over yesterday's post I had some additional thoughts that I felt led to share. First and foremost, I want to clarify what I meant by…
Truth Things that Christians Don’t Always Admit but Should, #1 18 May 201520 May 2015 Provocative title I know! This is going to be a new series of mine. The point of this series is not to be negative, down, or critical of Christians or…
Discipleship What Would Jesus Do? 14 May 201514 May 2015 "What would Jesus do?" That question that became such a successful marketing fad back in the 90's has come across posts that I have read over the last week a…
Grace… Lessons from Spring 6 May 20156 May 2015 But where sin increased, grace increased all the more (Romans 5:20, NIV). It was not too long ago that record setting amounts of snow descended on those of us in…
Grace Tolerance or Grace? 3 May 20153 May 2015 Are we tolerant or gracious? Which do we want to be? Tolerance says, "I can ignore what you do." Grace says, "I will love you despite what you do." Tolerance…