Year: 2010

November 24, 2010

Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who are Sick of Porn by Tim Challies (audiobook)

In Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who are Sick of Porn, author and blogger Tim Challies addresses young, single men in an effort to help them discover God’s plan for sex and sexuality. He is writing to those who have grown up in a sex-saturated culture where pornography is far more accessible than it was as recently as when the 33-year-old author was growing up. […]

November 23, 2010

Firestarter: “Thank you, God, I guess…”

“Thank you, God, I guess…” When was the last time you said those words? How about this: when was the last time that your actions said those words? Last week I caught myself thinking essentially that very thought as I was looking through two weeks’ worth of mail and realized that I hadn’t missed a single bill or anything else of great import. I thanked […]

November 22, 2010

Justified by Faith Alone by R.C. Sproul (audiobook)

Read by Sean Runnette. In Justified by Faith Alone, R. C. Sproul describes the differences between the Roman Catholic church’s doctrine of justification and that of the evangelical church. This debate was central to the Reformation and yet the author says that it is commonly misunderstood. After introducing the reader to the meaning of justification and explaining the importance of the debate, he proceeds to […]

November 11, 2010

Firestarter: Wonder

I mentioned a few days ago that a friend has loaned me a couple of Don Miller’s books and that I have found them enlightening. Here’s a quote that caught my attention: At the end of the day, when I am lying in bed and I know the chances of any of our theology being exactly right are a million to one, I need to […]

November 8, 2010

Power outage

We lost our electricity last night at around midnight and regained it sometime between 2:30 and 3:00 this afternoon. I posted to my blog shortly before 1:00 this afternoon. Isn’t scheduled posting a wonderful thing? 🙂

November 8, 2010

Firestarter: Do You Have a Team of Good Life Editors?

A friend of mine recently loaned me two books by Donald Miller. I am enjoying the first of them, Blue Like Jazz, immensely. That’s probably why Lindsey Nobles’ October 22 blog post, The Best Thing I’ve Read This Week, caught my attention. The “best thing” referenced in that title is a post by Donald Miller entitled, Do You Have a Team of Good Life Editors? […]

November 7, 2010

Firestarters

I’ve thought a lot about my blog recently and the need for either maintaining it, shutting it down, or fundamentally changing it. A thought came to me this morning and I’ve decided to follow through. I want to be posting something every week. I have lots of ideas, but lately I can’t seem to turn them into posts of substance. I have been tweeting and […]

August 18, 2010

Most Popular Posts of July 2010

I find it interesting to see which of my blog posts are the most popular during any given period of time and decided to share the information for July with you, my readers. A few of my more recent posts have been quite popular, but there’s one older post that has remained on the list month after month. Here it is, in declining order of […]

July 13, 2010

Psalm 16:7-11

I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me. I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety. For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot […]

May 31, 2010

Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola

What is Christianity? It is Christ – nothing more and nothing less. Unfortunately, the church has lost sight of this simple fact, say Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola in their new book, Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ. We focus on Christianity and not on the living Christ. We are meant to be living epistles – “Jesus Manifestos” – in our […]