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I’m a collector. I collect ideas.

I love to surround myself with ideas, insights, facts, any bit of knowledge. Because of this, I read a lot. I also buy a lot of books, though I don’t always red them. I just like to have them with me. When my wife and I got married, we combined each of our book collections, the culmination of fifty years combined between us of surrounding ourselves with books. We then packed all those books into boxes to move them across the country.

There were over 35 boxes. (more…)...

Thoughts On Examining Sin and Tim Keller’s Counterfeit Gods

Tim Keller’s latest blog post gives a personal look into some of Redeemer Presbyterian’s senior pastor’s personal struggles with sin. You can read the post here. In it Keller reveals his struggles with workaholism, particularly in the early years of his career. He recounts how well-meaning friends attempted to help him, some looking at his activities through the lens of the law, others appealed to his self-esteem. Ultimately, Keller searched out his own heart, revealing his idolatry of service, accomplishment, and self-sacrifice.

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Blog Action Day 2009 | Climate Change

I’m proud to participate in Blog Action Day, an annual event where bloggers from around the world focus the power of their medium to address a global issue in the hopes of inspiring change. I got involved in Blog Action Day last year when the topic was something I’m passionate about: poverty. You can read my post from last year here.

The topic for this year (climate change) is not something I’m passionate about – BUT – that does not mean it is not an important issue. In fact, environmentalism is part of our Christian calling and every Kingdom strategist needs to consider how their work as part of redeeming creation, impacts creation.

Be Jesus To Me

Be Jesus To Me

I had the thought the other day that as we endeavor to grow, to learn about our faith and explore the mysteries of our relationship with Jesus Christ, we often become isolated from those who have not or do not study the issues of Christianity as much as we do. Everything from the complexity with which we explore issues to the language that we use separates us from others.

In light of this, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to distill the essence of a life of Christian faith and service in such a way that despite any situation I can know if I am appropriately oriented towards others the way that Christ calls me to. How to express how I am suppose to serve others? (more…)...

Tim Keller’s new blog and a triperspectival analysis of today’s church movements.

First off, I am very happy for this: http://rcpc.com/blog/view.jsp?Blog_param=44. Tim Keller is a gifted preacher and his perspective on many issues facing churches and the Church is great. Very insightful, yet humble and consistent in valuing progress toward redemption and fulfillment of our Kingdom calling.

Second, over the past year I’ve been able to spend a significant amount of time discussing strategic issues facing Christians and the church with Drew Goodmanson. Drew is a strong believer in a “triperspectival epistemology” (aka the belief that true human knowledge has three perspectives: normative, situational, and existential (based on John Frame’s work The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God).