Contemplative Thought for the Day (from A.W. Tozer)
We have but to get quiet, recollect our thoughts, wait for the mild excitement within us to subside, and then listen closely for the faint cry of desire. Ask your heart, “What would you rather have...
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St Teresa & A Woman’s Longing to Preach
Saint Teresa of Avila was a 16th-century mystic and Carmelite nun who traveled around teaching and writing mystical treatises on the interior life of maturing Christian spirituality and contemplative...
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Who has a brand new Masters of Divinity degree? This guy.
After going to seminary nearly 8 years ago, dropping out after a year, and then returning 5 years later, I have now graduated with my Masters of Divinity from the Newbigin House of Studies program at...
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Developing Ancient Creeds & The Trinity
Yes, I graduated from seminary, and yet I still have a couple more classes I’m finishing up. One of them is going through the documents, Creeds, Confessions that define the theology of my...
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Bible Nerds: Help Me Choose NICOT/NICNT Commentaries!
My go-to Bible Study software of Logos. They have some amazing sales every once and a while and right now they are having a great sale on the New International Commentary Series (popularly known as...
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The Belgic Confession: Church, State, & Reformation
As I prepare for ordination in the Reformed Church in America, I am wrestling with the documents, Creeds, and Confessions to which I will be committing myself. I invite you to reflect alongside me. In...
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Do “Meaty” Churches & Sermons “Feed Us” Where We Hunger?
During my tenure as a coordinator of Christian education, I heard a lot from people about their hunger to know the Bible, so I hired professors from a nearby seminary and offered regular courses on...
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Calvinism: What it Is, and Why it’s Crazy
UPDATE: I’ve finished this little blog series. We talked about a book, the history, and T–U–L–I-P. Enjoy! This month, our Theology Book Club is going through Richard Mouw’s remarkable book Calvinism in...
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Baptizing Babies: Re-Creation & Changing My Mind
Inspired by last month’s Theology Book Club, I want to spend some time on the blog reflecting on baptism. Today, I want to tell you the story of how I changed my views on baptism to be in favor of...
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Karl Barth: Our Freedom, Home, & God’s Directing [QUOTES]
When looking through old seminary research, I ran across some quotes I pulled out from Karl Barth, my favorite theologian (hands down), and got to soak in the beauty of his words. I wanted to share...
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