Every family has its share of legendary stories. Some are happy; some are sad; some are hilarious. My twisted family unit has gotten a lot of laughs over the years about the time they accidentally left me at a funeral home. When I was four years old. Where I knew no one. And there was […]
Shortly after I posted my review of Mark Driscoll’s Real Marriage, which failed as a book on marriage, many sympathetic to Driscoll told me to get the forthcoming The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller. Tim is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church on the island of Manhattan. He’s also a New Calvinist and a […]
One of the best books I’ve ever read is Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos. As I read that book I knew a couple of things. 1. He’s a crazy gifted writer and thinker. 2. He’s my kind of crazy and has been described as C. S. Lewis meets Monty Python. 3. I wanted to meet […]
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Remnants of 9/11: Open Bible
Beautiful story from the History Channel. What are the chances that a Bible would survive that inferno?
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Has God Ever Spit In Your Face?
“I don’t have the big plan, just small glances And every now and then I’m still unsure.” ~ Children 18:3 ~ Have you ever experienced an epiphany that instantly altered the entire way you see the world around you? There’s a neat story tucked into the eighth chapter of Mark’s gospel (verses 22-26) about a […]
Have you noticed how much sitcoms have changed? The earliest sitcoms were nearly all about marriage, from Leave it to Beaver to Father Knows Best to I Love Lucy. For every Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H*, or Cheers, you had dozens of Growing Pains and Family Matters and Step by Step and Fresh Prince. As […]
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Shinedown and Unity
I can’t get this song out of my mind. Unity by Shinedown is like the ultimate call to action for me right now. Here’s my favorite part: “Put your hands in the air If you hear me out there I’ve been looking for you day and night Shine a light in the dark Let me […]
Marriage Confidential by Pamela Haag is one of the most thought-provoking and insightful books I’ve read in a long time. It deserves more than a single review, and I plan to interact with Pamela’s ideas in much more depth later this year. But I couldn’t spend a whole month talking about marriage and not include […]
Bill Gates is a world changer who happens to be one of the wealthiest individuals in history. He’s EVEN got over 8 million followers on Twitter which I’m sure is what will dominate his tombstone one day. So imagine my surprise when he answered a question of mine in less than an hour. I had […]
This review was originally featured at RELEVANT Magazine. Click here to read it! I’ve got a confession for you: I’m a pretty cynical person. I know. You’re shocked, right? Big surprise these days, when skepticism is the norm. We’ve seen it all (on YouTube, at least). Nothing catches us off guard anymore. If you get […]