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From N.T. Wrights On Eartb as in Heaven: “If the earth is full of God’s glory, why is it also so full of pain and anguish and screaming and despair? Isaiah has answers for all these questions, but not the sort of answers you can write on the back of a postcard. The present sufferingContinue reading “Finding Beauty in the World”

Call it Protestantism. Call it Reformed Theology. Call it American Evangelicalism. Call it Calvinism. Call it Western Christianity. Call it whatever you want. But this is the version of the Gospel I grew up with- I sinned, my sin needs punishment, God took the punishment on my behalf so that I can be saved. Now,Continue reading “Trading Individual Salvation For God’s Faithfulness to the World”

Romans 7:7-207 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”a]” style=”font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative;Continue reading “The I of Romans 7: Resisting the Need for Opposition”

This quote stood out for me. I read it at the beginning of summer but it has been sticking with me. As it says, “how we look at other people alsoshows our standard of honor and shame”, and so many of the sins we wrestle with daily come down to this. How we look atContinue reading “Social Conformity, Tradition and The Opinions that Matter”

Thought I would post a couple threads from one of my online groups where I was walking through Romans. Romans 10 in one thread and Romans and in the second Romans 3. In the Romans 10 discussion I am jumping off a statement regarding faith as best rendered faithfulness: Excerpt 1 So what will reallyContinue reading “Discussing Romans 3 and Romans 10: A Snapshot of Some Online Discourse”

As I had previously mentioned elsewhere in this space, I recently spent spent some serious time with Pauls letter to the Romans. Stephen Westrholms book Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans highlighted the importance of reading his letters in his world and not letting modern bias color how weContinue reading “Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans”

Had a couple articles posted on the Fear of God website pondering Ukraine and Ireland as stories in conversation. Links to Part 1 amd Part 2 of the two Part column here: https://www.thefearofgodpodcast.com/blog/holdingcourtwhatsinastorypart1 https://www.thefearofgodpodcast.com/blog/holdingcourtwhatsinastorypart2

Its been a while since I’ve blogged. Mostly found myself taking a needed break over the summer. Which doesn’t mean the absence of stories. Life continues to write itself, including a road trip through Oklahoma. In any case I figured I would start to fill in the gaps with intention of getting back on theContinue reading “From Canada Day to Labour Day: Summer Break and Blogging”

When I was asked to preach and given the parameters for what to preach on- our current series on “call” passages in the Bible- I initially found myself struggling to know where to start and how to narrow it down. So I decided simply to give some time to reflecting on what had been resonatingContinue reading “Transcript of a sermon I gave on Phillipians 2:1-11”

Movies Mad God (Phil Tippett, 2022)This is madness on a whole other level. The metaphors are rich, and it’s hard not to see our present reality in the chaos. The animation, done using intricate and detailed stop motion, is simply otherworldly, which helps to transport us into its depraved world. Cycles loom large here, leavingContinue reading “Month In Review: Favorite, Watches, Reads, and Listens For The Month of June 2022”