Greetings all. As some of you may know, I’m currently in Cambridge, England at the Tyndale House working on my PhD dissertation. As a part of that process, I’ll be presenting a paper at St. John’s College (Nottingham) biblical...
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble (Matthew 6:34) It is really hard for me to slow down. For whatever reason, I’m constantly thinking, moving, teaching...
Once again, Oswald Chambers gives us an excellent thought. That ye may know what is the hope of His calling … Eph. 1:18. Remember what you are saved for—that the Son of God might be manifested in your mortal flesh. Bend the whole energy of your...
This is an abbreviated version of my Commencement Address at the 2015 EBS Graduation that took place today (May 15, 2015). Philippians 2 paints for us a wonderful portrait. It is a portrait of the character of Christ. As the stated goal of EBS is to...
A great blog post from Daniel B. Wallace.
Ladies, You’ve Been Duped! The Myth about Abortion Giving You More Freedom.
Mother’s Day is a tough one for me. It’s tough for me (1) because I’m not a mom, and (2) because there just are not a lot of places in the Bible that speak directly about motherhood. We can find plenty of things in the Bible that...
The books of 1 and 2 Samuel (and in the Hebrew it’s just the single book “Samuel) are pivotal in the overall scheme of God’s World Renewal Plan. These books, even though named after Samuel the prophet, are all about David. But wait...
Something I’m not used to in American mainstream Christianity is all the topical sermons. In all the churches that I’ve visited in the past few weeks the sermons have almost ALWAYS centered on a topic (10 Steps to a Healthy Marriage...
I had a great chat today with a friend. The conversation started with my asking about the four months that he spent in Indonesia. He said that if he had to describe his experience in one word it would be, “humbling”. “I went there...
Living in Haiti for eight years now has forced me to think a lot about what it means to struggle. Webster’s defines “struggle” as “to try very hard to do, achieve, or deal with something that is difficult or that causes problems.” This word best...