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November 2020 (1)
- 19: Determination Versus Discipline
October 2020 (1)
- 24: Iterative Versus Incremental Learning
February 2020 (1)
- 22: C. S. Lewis on the Problem of Unanswered Prayers
April 2019 (1)
- 15: Finding Your Identity By Asserting Yourself
November 2018 (1)
- 24: Theaetetus, Simple Relativism, and Gurus
September 2017 (2)
- 24: The Importance of Charity in the Bible: Deception and the Parable of the Rich Fool
- 14: The Importance of Charity in the Bible: Worship and Loaning to God
August 2017 (1)
- 05: The Importance of Charity in the Bible: Metaphysics and Rewards
May 2017 (1)
- 05: How to Deal With Stress and Anxiety
April 2017 (1)
- 13: How a Strict View of the Clarity of Scripture Leads to Christian Division
March 2017 (1)
- 07: George Washington’s Secret Six: A Review
February 2017 (2)
- 25: A Politician Admitted in 1909 That Some Laws Have Secret Purposes
- 18: Is God the Author of Sin? An Interesting Argument from Augustine
January 2017 (3)
- 28: How Apologetics Can Diminish Christianity
- 21: Does 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 Teach Purgatory?
- 04: Why I Am Learning Programming
November 2016 (1)
- 14: The Ugly Politics Surrounding the Alien and Sedition Act
October 2016 (2)
- 22: What Theodore Roosevelt Read in a Two-Year Period
- 13: Losing Control of Sinful Desires
September 2016 (2)
- 19: Can You Test the Effectiveness of Prayer?
- 08: Three Questions About Biblical Inerrancy
August 2016 (3)
- 26: Rereading and the Incredible Memory of C. S. Lewis
- 20: Two (Mistaken) Ways to Reject Tradition
- 17: Getting Clear About Biblical Inerrancy
July 2016 (1)
- 18: Do Philosophy So You Know What to Tell the Robots (0)
June 2016 (3)
- 29: An Overview of the Problem of Evil (0)
- 22: A Prayer of Mission: A Sermon on John 17 (0)
- 13: Purposeful: A Sermon on Luke 4:14-30 (3)
May 2016 (3)
- 30: The Important Intellectuals Aren’t in Their Ivory Towers (0)
- 09: Why You Shouldn’t Vote For Trump (3)
- 01: Don’t Demonize Society!
April 2016 (3)
- 28: One of the Most Dangerous Times in Your Faith
- 14: Should Christians Hate the Government? A Problem Within Christian Conservatism (4)
- 02: A Reason to Pray for Power (0)
February 2016 (1)
- 03: Do Faith and the Intellectual Life Conflict? (1)
January 2016 (1)
- 06: Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? (1)
December 2015 (2)
- 22: My Best (Yet Simplest) Advice on Spiritual Formation (0)
- 11: The Shape of Influence (2)
November 2015 (2)
- 25: Should Each Sermon and Bible Study Be Immediately Practical? (2)
- 12: Inversion: Beginning in a Different Place with Our Problems
October 2015 (2)
- 26: When Politics Overwhelm Compassion (0)
- 16: Some of My Favorite Blogs (1)
September 2015 (4)
- 18: Isaiah? Really? Was Mark Mistaken at the Beginning of His Gospel?
- 10: Living a Life That Displays Christian Faith (0)
- 08: Can Our Biased Minds Know Anything?
- 03: Are We Ignoring the Church’s Mission by Studying the Bible? (1)
August 2015 (2)
- 27: Remember What You Already Know!
- 20: Christian Reflection and the Atomic Bombing of Japan (0)
July 2015 (3)
- 29: An Unusual Prayer: A Sermon on Ephesians 1:15-23 (3)
- 15: Can Protestant Churches Be “True” Churches Despite the Disunity?
- 07: A Concern About Christian Dating and Marriage
June 2015 (8)
- 30: If You Don’t Like It, Find Another Church
- 26: How Did the First-Century Jews View the Wilderness? A Hostile Place? Or a Place of Hope?
- 19: Why You Should Write in the Books You Read (1)
- 16: A Place in the Plan: A Sermon on Ephesians 1:8b-14 (1)
- 11: The Sunday-Loving But Selfish Christian (1)
- 09: Is God Like a Person Without a Body? (0)
- 05: Kingdom Work, Young Christian, and Pro-Life Activism
- 02: The Burdened and Burdensome Christ
May 2015 (8)
- 30: Aquinas on Why the Incarnation of Jesus Christ Matters (0)
- 27: C. S. Lewis on the Church Giving Us the Bible (0)
- 22: Christopher Hitchens’s Comments on Bill and Hillary Clinton (1)
- 18: Brian Davies’ on the Greatest Achievement of Thomas Aquinas: Merging Philosophy and Theology (1)
- 15: Is Our Existence on Earth Merely for Our Testing?
- 11: Habit or Experience: Which One Is More Important in the Christian Life? (1)
- 09: The Christian Community in Acts 2:42-47
- 05: Generosity and the Subtle Desire for Power (0)
April 2015 (8)
- 30: First-World Sufferings and the Problem with Complaining (0)
- 27: Is the Christian God the Watchmaker? Marilynne Robinson Says “No!” (2)
- 24: The Armenian Genocide (0)
- 23: The Radical Life of a Boring Christian
- 20: A Spiritual Struggle of Fatherhood
- 16: Is It Irrational to Believe That God Will Save You If You Trust in Him?
- 09: Are You Born Again?
- 03: See God’s Power Before His Advice
March 2015 (4)
- 24: Are There “Normal Sins”?
- 20: If God Is Love, Does That Mean He Is Free Not to Love? (2)
- 18: Ephesians 1:1-10: “Every Spiritual Blessing” (0)
- 05: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Ending the Review (4)
February 2015 (3)
- 27: Dr. Al Mohler and Chris Date Debate the Annihilationist View of Hell (33)
- 25: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Rhythm of Life (Chapter 8) (3)
- 07: Does the Church Stress Mercy Too Much?
January 2015 (6)
- 27: Francis Schaeffer and the Bible’s Human Factor: Why It’s Not a Secondary Concern (0)
- 12: Hosea, the Goal of Sin, and How God Trains Our Souls (0)
- 07: Great Preachers Don’t (Necessarily) Preach Great Sermons
- 06: Ministry and the Tyranny of the New
- 05: My Five Favorite Books of 2014 (0)
- 01: C. S. Lewis on Depending Solely on God (0)
December 2014 (6)
- 28: Memverse.com: My Review of the Bible Memorization Site (1)
- 25: Merry Christmas (0)
- 23: C. S. Lewis on Humble Dogs and Pharisaical Cats (0)
- 20: C. S. Lewis on the Dysfunctionality of Seemingly Normal Homes (0)
- 02: C. S. Lewis on the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (0)
- 01: Scratching the Itch of Legalism
November 2014 (15)
- 28: C. S. Lewis on the Allegorical Meaning of the Woman Pouring Perfume on Jesus’ Feet (0)
- 26: Should Fatigue or Illness Interrupt Your Prayer Habits? Thoughts From C. S. Lewis (0)
- 24: Can You Sin If You Have Real Faith? (0)
- 22: Christopher Hitchens’s Proposal for Resisting the Spread of Radical Islam (0)
- 18: The Purpose of Jesus’ Ascension (6)
- 15: Obama’s Depressing Presidency: The NYT Reviews Chuck Todd’s Book on Obama (0)
- 15: The Housing Allowance for Ministers Is Upheld (0)
- 14: Cornel West on Jane Austen (0)
- 14: Christianity Today Publishes Article on Marilynne Robinson (0)
- 11: Guilty until Proven Innocent? The IRS’s Unjust Policy (0)
- 10: Alexander Pruss on a Disagreement Among Pro-Choicers (0)
- 07: Kim Jong Il’s Former Bodyguard Speaks (0)
- 07: Supreme Court Justices Alito, Thomas, and Sotomayor Give a Talk at Yale (0)
- 04: Christian Couple Murdered in Pakistan for Blasphemy (0)
- 04: “The Horror Before the Beheadings”
October 2014 (9)
- 30: Deceiving Yourself about Your Trust in God
- 27: Pasi Sahlberg Comparing Finland’s Schools to the U.S.’s Schools (1)
- 23: A Church Held Captive by the Word of God (Part 2)
- 22: A Church Held Captive by the Word of God (Part 1) (1)
- 18: Discovering Grace After Conversion
- 10: The Problem with Reducing the Bible to One Theme (1)
- 09: I Was Born This Way…To Drink Coffee, That Is (0)
- 07: Why Did Jesus Tell the Parable of the Prodigal Son? (0)
- 03: The Older Brother and Misreading the Parable of the Prodigal Son (9)
September 2014 (9)
- 30: Did Paul Think Jews Needed to be Adopted as Sons of God? (0)
- 29: Does Paul’s Letter to Philemon Condone Slavery? (1)
- 26: The Different Aspects of Deep Bible Teaching (0)
- 25: Preserving the Mystery of the Faith
- 22: C. S. Lewis on Worship Innovations (1)
- 16: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Deeper Relationships (Chapter 7) (0)
- 15: Pain, Suffering, and Hope: A Short Meditation (0)
- 13: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Continuous Breakthrough (Chapter 6) (1)
- 04: Why We Should Call ISIS “Evil” (3)
August 2014 (7)
- 30: Why C. S. Lewis Lectured with Little or No Notes (0)
- 28: Should Churches Talk About False Teachers? (1)
- 24: The Education of Anselm of Canterbury (0)
- 14: Read the Primary Texts!
- 08: How Would God Fill up His Days?
- 07: C. S. Lewis on the Historicity of Jonah and Esther
- 05: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Introduction to the LifeShapes (Chapter 5 cont.) (0)
July 2014 (1)
- 21: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Language Creates Culture (Chapter 5) (0)
June 2014 (4)
- 22: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Building a Discipling Culture (Chapter 4) (0)
- 15: Four Things I’ve Learned About Fatherhood: A Father’s Day Meditation (0)
- 14: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: What It Means to Learn (Chapter 3) (0)
- 12: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: The Jesus Model (Chapter 2) (1)
May 2014 (6)
- 21: Ed Stetzer on Students Dropping out of Church (0)
- 20: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: The Challenge (Chapter 1) (0)
- 17: Self-Centered Repentance (1)
- 14: Five Reasons to Switch Keyboard Layouts
- 10: Marx, Freud, Carnap, and Nietzsche Play Monopoly (0)
- 03: Mike Breen’s Building a Discipling Culture: Introduction to the Series (0)
April 2014 (2)
- 16: The Amazing Granville Sharp (0)
- 08: Five Temptations Not to Teach Grace (0)
March 2014 (1)
- 17: Mortimer Adler’s Advice on Reading (0)
January 2014 (1)
- 29: Some Advice on Reading Books from the Maverick Philosopher
December 2013 (8)
- 22: Evangelism and the Sense of God
- 12: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism or Legalistic Sectarian Deism? (2)
- 10: N. T. Wright on the Central Role of the Bible in Ministry
- 07: Dave Ramsey and Rachel Held Evans: Some Thoughts on Their Disagreement (0)
- 06: The Prosperity Gospel for the U.S.A. (1)
- 05: Mary and Elizabeth: The Different Ways that God Works (1)
- 04: A Review of Scott Berkun’s Confessions of a Public Speaker (1)
- 03: Introduction to Preaching and Preachers
November 2013 (15)
- 29: Should Churches Sing Old Hymns?
- 26: Barry Stroud’s “The Problem of the External World” (summary)
- 25: Alvin Plantinga’s “The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology” (Summary) (3)
- 23: Does Luke (in Acts) View Baptism in a Sacramental or Spiritual Way? A Quote from Frederick Dale Bruner (0)
- 22: Four Reasons Audio Sermons Hurt Preachers
- 21: Three Dangers of a Bible-less Progressivism (0)
- 20: Are Conservatives Inconsistent in Their Opposition to Obamacare? (2)
- 19: J. C. Ryle on the Means of Sanctification (0)
- 18: On Flannery O’Connor’s Prayer Journal (0)
- 15: A Thought on Original Sin (0)
- 13: Some Ministry Advice from Dallas Willard (0)
- 12: Philippians and Church Growth and Marketing (0)
- 11: Communion Meditation: Maxilmilian Kolbe and Love (0)
- 07: Two Ways to View the Bible
- 05: The Salvation by Compliment Club (0)
October 2013 (5)
- 29: Quotations from Gaffin’s *The Centrality of the Resurrection*
- 20: Do You Read Books as a Christian Traveler or Onlooker?
- 17: Do You Know God? Six Tests for Meditation
- 13: An Amazing Story About NT Scholar C. F. D. Moule (0)
- 06: How to Fill the Church Pews? Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s Suggestion (0)
September 2013 (6)
- 29: The Threefold Pattern of Jesus’s Ministry (0)
- 22: Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Selling Christianity (0)
- 15: C. S. Lewis on Bad Ministers (0)
- 08: First Make Them Good Pagans: C. S. Lewis on Reaching Europe (0)
- 05: Five Reasons I’m Scared to Talk About the Holy Spirit (1)
- 01: C. S. Lewis on Karl Barth and His Devotees (2)
August 2013 (7)
- 25: C. S. Lewis on Homosexuality Not Being a Choice (0)
- 22: Christ, the Church, and the Power of the World
- 18: A Satan-Driven View of the Church (0)
- 11: The Hypocrisy of Equality (2)
- 08: Will Sinners Be Eternally Tormented? A Review of Edward Fudge’s Hell: A Final Word (2)
- 04: Is Tim Keller Weak on Homosexuality? (3)
- 01: Discovering the Wit and Wisdom of William Willimon (0)
July 2013 (4)
- 28: A Cool Trick for Learning from Lectures and Reading (0)
- 21: G. E. Moore’s “Four Forms of Scepticism” (summary) (2)
- 14: Is it wrong for a church to focus on numbers? (0)
- 07: G. E. Moore’s “Proof of an External World”
June 2013 (4)
- 30: Stephen Hawking on the Possibility of Heaven
- 27: John Wesley’s Prayer Life (1)
- 16: My Review of the Kindle Paperwhite (1)
- 07: Five Lessons Learned in My First Two Years of Ministry (0)
May 2013 (1)
- 30: Update on the Relaunch of Thinking and Believing (0)
March 2013 (1)
- 28: Reworking the Blog (0)