Hebrews 11.

Goosebumps. Every time the opening paragraph of Hebrews is read, I feel them. Recently, I’ve been going over Hebrews 11:8-16 for my sermon next week on Psalm 139; I’m connecting the two, continuing a series on “Rainbows.” These rainbows take…

Reformed systematic theology.

My 21 year old self would be astounded at the number of books I own on theology. Heck, the number of Bibles I own would make him do a double take. With that being said, I own a copy of…

Well.

So much for a daily writing assignment. Maybe I ought to just give up on that notion. I don’t know. I ordered a book by Kevin DeYoung called “Just Do Something.” From what I gather it’s about deciphering what God…

Focus.

I’ve known for some time that I don’t have a great attention span. I’m not sure if it’s because I grew up playing a lot of video games or if I’m just someone who has a hard time focusing. I…

1. Where we’ve been.

Any conversation on starting over must begin with where we’ve been. I’ve been there. I was born and raised in Minnesota. I’ve spent some time in different states but the vast majority of my time has been here. I had…

Why another blog?

I don’t know how many, if any, people stumble across this site. I have no delusions of grandeur; I’m not someone who has important, insightful things to say. So, why does this exist? That’s a great question. I suppose there…

Depression.

Everyone gets depressed. I’m not special because it happens to me once in a while. Every few months, I end up in a low. I’m there now. I just got done burning the midnight oil to produce a sermon, dealt…

Sermons.

I never wanted to preach. It wasn’t something that had ever been on my radar. Yet, for the past four months I’ve been delivering messages at church. I’m reminded of the words of Paul, “the least of these.” Many men…

Christian enthusiasm.

Legalism is a heck of a drug. I grew up around a lot of it. It rears its head in many ways. Religious Legalism is brought about by fear. What I have coined as “Christian Enthusiasm” is brought about by…