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Hey folks, I hope this gets to the RSS readers: I’ve moved my blog over to my new domain: A Living Oak. All links will redirect there, but in case you read via RSS or e-mail, I didn’t want you … Continue reading →

This was quite amazing to be in the audience of. You get the full weight of Hebrews being a sermon when it’s preached like this. I also saw connections in the preaching of Hebrews that I’ve missed in the reading … Continue reading →

Did Christ ascend into heaven? Is our Jesus, our treasure indeed there? Where then should the hearts of believers be, but in heaven, where their ord, their life is? Surely saints, it is not good that your love, and your … Continue reading →

Today, my friends, you are seeing God’s faithfulness to silly, stupid man: Today is our fourth anniversary! Michelle has a delightful little post over at her blog today, here. For our anniversary this year, I surprised Michelle a couple days early with … Continue reading →

My love, I know that it seems that we feel growth so slowly. Often the feeling is that nothing’s happening; a plodding of days in weakness, looking for growth, yet no harvest. Often the fields of promise seem barren. We’ve … Continue reading →

After reading and reviewing Rid of My Disgrace, I had a question I wanted to pose to Pastor Justin about how we can apply this book. I got ahold of him, and he graciously gave me some time to talk. Me: … Continue reading →

I recall a sermon [by Leon Morris] during which he looked over the congregation and simply pointed to this person and that, saying, ‘You have been died for! You have been died for! You have been died for!’ It was electric. His … Continue reading →

The rejection of traditional religion in [the West] has created a vacuum unlikely to go unfilled; human nature seems to demand a search for order and meaning, and nowadays there is no shortage of options on the menu of belief. … Continue reading →

It’s probably the combination of Owen being 7 weeks old today and the Christmas season, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the Incarnation lately. I guess that makes sense though. You know, having a newborn makes your entire world … Continue reading →

Since Owen was born almost a month ago, life has been, well… a little different. With Owen around, as I told a friend recently, there are more exclamation points in my life. I’ve had a strict ration of five exclamation … Continue reading →