Having recently finished the rigours of college life, he was enjoying the free time living with his parents allowed. Only the day before he had finished reading missionary David Brainerd’s journals and wrote “I have prayed for new words, explosive, direct, simple words.” Sixty years ago today, as he sat […]
I’ve really enjoyed using my Twitter account to store all my momentary profundities. Here are ten recent tweets… tweet 1: Mao’s Last Dancer… freedom is precious to those who have lived without it. tweet 2: Oh yeah, Darwin’s that guy who discovered the amazing adaptability God built into His creation… […]
We didn’t want to see our children go through pain, so we coddled them until they grew up to be lawless brats. We didn’t want to cause our friends pain, so we refused to ever confront them about their self-destructive patterns. We didn’t want to cause our bodies pain, so […]
Allegory is a great tool for illustrating a truth. Allegory is not evidence for that truth. Another way to say it is that allegory is designed to bring truth home. It is not designed to defend truth. To merely preach allegory is to preach without evidence and defence for the […]
Wednesday had been a difficult day in the city, so he was glad to spend the evening at a friend’s house in a small town a few kilometres outside the city. Thursday morning he sent some friends to prepare for the evening in the city. But after that, we have […]
Charles Spurgeon may be dead, but he writes enough blog posts to make a pyjama wearin’ blogger look computer illiterate. That’s right, Charles Spurgeon blogs posthumously on a regular basis. And that’s got me thinking about posthumous blogging in general. I’ve thought of several ups and several downs to posthumous […]
I recently read Jason David BeDuhn’s Truth in Translation and found it deeply intriguing and at times disturbing. I’ll give some positive points and then I’ll list my concerns. 1. Truth in Translation is a carefully crafted and scholarly work. BeDuhn brings a wealth of research and knowledge to the […]
In the last three years we’ve seen blogging transformed. We’ve seen the advent of micro-blogging. We’ve seen social networking come of age. But something else has been happening that has gotten a lot less attention. Internet forums have changed dramatically. Then and now Five years ago forums were new and […]
When a dictator rules, one of three things will happen to the courageous: The courageous will stand up to the dictator and be mowed down. The courageous will stand up to the dictator and escape/survive and will be hated and feared by the dictator. The courageous will do nothing and […]
One thing I’m learning is that everyone has something dark in their past… or present… that almost nobody knows about. Sometimes it’s hard to know whether you should tell someone else or not. Here are a few thoughts on when to tell. You should consider telling someone else… 1. When […]
