I want to talk about something I discovered about myself a while back. After several months of mounting frustration and heartache over faltering projects and withering plans (this has been a rather difficult year in many ways), I was just about at my wits end when I realized something. I think God probably nudged me [...]
Welcome to Putting it All Together, the conclusion of a series entitled God is the Ultimate Travel Agent. In this day and age, I think one of the most significant questions that many people face is simply this: for what purpose am I alive and how can I make a real difference? The first step [...]
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.
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“For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will [...]
Kris Vallotton of Bethel Church said something in a sermon I heard a while back that seared its way into my brain and has been really helpful for keeping me grounded in God’s eternal perspective. It went something like this: “don’t live by your circumstances, live by your stances.” Kris likes to say things in [...]
Immanuel — God with us — is the Biblical revelation that in Christ we have a traveling companion on our journey Who is with us wherever we go. We had a good run with that aspect of the Christian faith in the last installment of this series, but this time, I would like to diverge [...]
In the first part of this series, I introduced the idea of God being like a travel agent who maps out our journey and then acts as tour guide to help us reach our ultimate destination. I’d like to pause a moment here before we delve into the mechanics of how that works and reflect [...]
Editor’s Note: this is the beginning of a new series I will be focusing on for the next month or so. I’m really excited about the material that will be published in the coming days. Enjoy!
I am really good at going nowhere fast. I’ve perfected the art of spinning my wheels. Did it ever occur [...]
If God is a comfort, he’s more luxurious than fine silk or Egyptian cotton.
If God is an invention, he’s more innovative than the wheel or the lightbulb or the iPod.
If God is a phantom, he’s more alluring than the girl of my dreams.
If God is a concept, he’s more fantastic than democracy or capitalism or [...]
Rowan’s an awesome guy. I went to his photography class a couple of years back, and not only is he an awesome guy, not only is he an awesome artist, but he’s an awesome lover of Jesus Christ.
I thought his post concerning the interaction between our will and God’s will was one of the best [...]
