Considering the PCA Report on Christian Nationalism
Last year the GA approved the formation of an ad interim study committee on Christian Nationalism to help the denomination respond to the growth of various kinds of Christian Nationalism. The partial...
View ArticleConsidering Teach Me to Feel: Ashamed
Punctuation matters. This isn’t teach me to feel ashamed. Too many of us have been taught that, though we haven’t been able to put words to it. Courtney Reissig wants us to be able to put words to it....
View ArticleConsidering Toy Story 5
It has been a long time since I’ve posted about a movie. But I thought Toy Story 5 was worth it. Yesterday I watched Toy Story 4. I thought perhaps I hadn’t watched it before. While watching it I...
View ArticleConsidering The Grace of Repentance
I first read The Grace of Repentance by Sinclair Ferguson in the winter of 2012. As I was packing up my library and setting a few things aside to read in the short term, it was one of the books I...
View ArticleConsidering God in a Brothel
There are a number of uncomfortable subjects we don’t like to think about. One is human sex trafficking. Brothels have been mythologized, made to appear nearly dignified. Go to Rome and see the...
View ArticleConsidering the Ebb and Flow of Ministry
In my cover letter I note that due to the longer tenure of my pastoral positions, I have experienced the ebb and flow of ministry. This, I think, is an advantage. Like it or not there are ebbs and...
View ArticleConsidering The Pastor’s Justification Redux
I first read The Pastor’s Justification by Jared Wilson back in 2013 which seems like a lifetime ago ministry-wise. In my review I likened it the good cop to Paul Tripp’s bad cop in Dangerous Calling....
View ArticleConsidering Teach Me to Feel: Anxious
No one likes to feel anxious, I think. Yet it is a very common experience. In the next chapter of Teach Me to Feel, Courtney Reissig brings us to Psalm 13. And she utilizes the CSB this time. 2 How...
View ArticleConsidering the Discipline of Spiritual Discernment
Sometimes you are just a little late to the game. A local ministry to pastors sponsored days of silence and solitude. Often there would be give-away books for us. Recently The Discipline of Spiritual...
View ArticleConsidering the Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse
It took me longer than expected to finish The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority within the Church by David Johnson and Jeff...
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