Our world is fallen, and so are we. Therefore, secular psychology is like a game of hide-and-seek played by the blind. Secular social …
Archives for September 2013
It had all been taken and hung on a tree
He was my expert whenever some adventure story required knowledge of planes. He was a man who faced bullets and bombs and storms, who was …
GAINING TROUGH LOSING
Remember when I said suffering is having what you don't want and wanting what you don't have? Subtract your wants and you'll have …
Eclectic or Affinity-based Small Groups
As fallen people, we want a group to meet our needs and keep us from getting uncomfortable. Jesus, however, brought together fishermen, tax …
THE PSALMS: A FABRIC OF FEELINGS
Emotions are one of the least reliable yet most influential forces in our lives. One day we are hopeful; the next, we hate. Despair at one …
He is the answer and we need him
“In order to suffer without dwelling on our own affliction,” Thomas Merton once contemplated, “we must think about a greater affliction, and …
Sunday’s coming
Highlight Longings: God created us for Paradise, but we now live in a desert. So we thirst (John 7:37-39), we suffer (John 16:33), and we …
wrestle against principalities and powers
We wrestle against principalities and powers. We must take down their foundational strongholds, arguments, and pretensions. Stronghold …
The Battle for Our Minds
Life, then, is a battle for our minds. How do we fight the battle? What's our strategy? When Paul explains that "we do not wage war as the …
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