I was leaving one office, headed back to mine. I was walking. For whatever reason, I went back a different way. Instead of heading out the door I came in, I went up a flight of stairs, hung a left, and preceded down another long hallway. Head down, absentmindedly checking my phone and walking, I heard someone call my name. I turned to see an old friend, a church member I … [Read more...] about Little God Moments
More Than Right
There's more to disagreements than being found right. There's relationship. Ed Stetzer writes: "One of the greatest things I've learned in life is this: people are more important than the point. Instead of working so hard to defend our positions and enforce our demands, we can till up a lot more kingdom soil by treating other people as more valuable than our own appeals … [Read more...] about More Than Right
The Evolution of Christian Rap
The first Christian Rap I ever listened to was "Nu Thang" by DC Talk. The year was 1990, I was ten, and I listened to the tape on my Sony Walkman, which, I might add, had the ever fancy auto-reverse feature. Kind of a big deal. Anyway, "Nu Thang" was fun. It sounded more hip-hop-MC-Hammer-ish than a track of serious rhymes and beats. A quick look at the lyrics gives a fairly … [Read more...] about The Evolution of Christian Rap
Why Protestants Reject the Apocrypha
"Apocry-what?" I remember hearing that word for the first time in college when I was working at a Christian bookstore. The store carried a couple Catholic Bibles that included the Apocrypha, and the addition of these books caught me off guard. Like many Protestants, I was unfamiliar with these writings. I had no idea some Christians had "bigger" Bibles, and honestly, I … [Read more...] about Why Protestants Reject the Apocrypha
Preaching Simply
Martin Luther (as quoted in Martin Llyod-Jones, Preachers & Preaching, p. 128) offers a helpful reminder to heady preachers: "A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply, roundly and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting...When I preach I regard neither doctors nor magistrates, of whom I have above forty in the congregation. I have … [Read more...] about Preaching Simply