Lent 2020 | Day 17: “Revealed”

March 16, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

The prestige of every trick is the part of the trick that the audience is anticipating but has doubts of its achievement.

Lent 2020 | Day 8: “Teacher”

March 5, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

The focus of today is on the idea of a “teacher.” Over the course of my life, I have realized that my parents were a lot wiser and smarter than I gave them credit for. One of the realities that dawned on me when I became a parent was when I saw how many of […]

Lent 2020 | Day 6: “Enter”

March 3, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Apostle John records Jesus saying these words in John 10:9, “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” One of the great promises of the gospel, and one of the great promises of Jesus Himself, is that God genuinely desires […]

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 1

February 26, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Part 1: How we’ve become more like Jonah than Jesus. Christian, say these words with me, directed to yourself: Repent, and believe the Gospel. These are a part of the historic words of the Ash Wednesday liturgy. And yet most people don’t hear them anymore (since most of our churches have jettisoned the traditions for […]

Lent 2019 | Day 31: Satisfied

April 11, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The only perfection God expects he has found in his Son.

Lent 2019 | Day 2: The Mystery of Grace

March 8, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Whenever I think about God’s grace I tend to alternate between thankfulness and confusion. I am thankful that God’s love has made a way for us to have fellowship with him. I am thankful that when I heard the Gospel I believed and now have the hope of eternal life. I am thankful that God […]