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The Naked Gospel

Sunday, February 14th, 2010
I recently finished Andrew Farley's book, The Naked Gospel. For those of you that read my blog regularly, you are aware that I rate each book I read and give them a rating from 1 to 5. I considered giving this book a 5.5, or a 5+, or something to show how thoroughly I enjoyed it. But then I didn't know what would… Read More

The Hatred of God

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
I spoke at our Men's ministry group called Ironman last week. My topic was "A God of Hate vs. a God of Love." I've never said anything before that has caused that much spiritual vertigo (to my knowledge). If you're interested, you can give it a listen by clicking here.
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Repost: Bible Reading Plan

Monday, September 14th, 2009
I have had numerous conversations with people about this 10 chapters a day Bible reading plan, so I wanted to repost it in case you wanted to give it a try but hadn't yet. For those of you that have tried it, please leave a comment with your experience so far. Thanks!
If you're like me, you want to read the Bible regularly but it often seems like a daunting challenge to pull it off with any amount of consistency and discipline. Through the years, I've heard of all sorts of reading plans and I've tried many of them myself. I will say that a reading plan significantly aids you in the process of reading Scripture regularly, but how do you know… Read More

Goodbye TNIV

Friday, September 4th, 2009
It was announced recently that they will be working on a new version of the hugely popular NIV (New International Version) translation of the Bible. You may be aware that they did this a few years ago and produced the TNIV (Today's New International Version). That version was met with very mixed results. As a recent article in Forbes explained: "Whatever its strengths, the TNIV has become an emblem of division in the evangelical Christian world."
So what exactly does that mean… Read More

Bible Reading Plan

Monday, June 15th, 2009
If you're like me, you want to read the Bible regularly but it often seems like a daunting challenge to pull it off with any amount of consistency and discipline. Through the years, I've heard of all sorts of reading plans and I've tried many of them myself. I will say that a reading plan significantly aids you in the process of reading Scripture regularly, but how do you know which one to try? The most common is the Bible in a year program, which many people eagerly launch into and keep it up for a few weeks until they get to Leviticus and then it ruins them. There is the Bible in 90 days, a difficult plan that only one of my friends has been… Read More