4 Problems with Perfectionism
Why are skillful people rare? Because most of us fall pray to perfectionism.
The Sin of Sarcasm?
Why is lying wrong? Because it hurts people or because God said not to do it? Here are seven reasons why I think sarcasm is unhealthy and wrong.
7 Challenges to Middle Distance Relationships
Grace and I live about an hour away from each other. Grace works in Austin an hour from her home and mine forming a giant one hour triangle of doom. I call this triangle of driving "a middle distance relationship." We are to far to see each other daily and to close for week long [...]
My Idolatry of Evangelism
Its the first of the month. Another post from the archive. My Idolatry of Evangelism I have a confession to make. I have made an Idol out of Evangelism. Sin is a two-sided coin with unrighteousness on one side and self righteousness on the other. Idolatry is unrighteous and idolizing evangelism is self righteous. I [...]
The Failure of Jesus Christ (and why we need to fail to be like Him)
“Success is a poor teacher.” My dad must have repeated this maxim a hundred times as I grew up. There are some lessons that only failure can teach. If you want to mature, you need to fail. Jesus failed. So should we.
What is a godly man?
I talked with a good friend the other day about what a Godly man looks like. We have both been reading Wild at Heart and we decided to compile this list.
What is Courtship?
So, what is courtship anyway? How is it different from dating?
Expelled: Best Movie of the Year… so far
This weekend we watched Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. All I can say is "wow." This is not only a great movie but probably one of the best made documentaries I have ever seen. The music is great the pacing is great. Ben Stien throws a curve ball in the third act that alone is worth [...]
Christian Courtship – The Need for Lower Standards
I am unaware of any generation at any time in the last 6000 years that has done as poor a job at marriage as the baby boomer generation. So why do we listen to their advice when it comes to our relationships?
Ecuador Day 3 – Sunday March 16
Today we visited a Ecuadorian Baptist church. We missed the regular service and only got to visit the Sunday School which didn’t make a lot of sense since it was in Spanish. Yes. This is Popcorn and dried banana slices. Its an appetizer and not that bad Iglesia Means Church People leaving the Baptist Church. [...]
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