Month: May 2015

you are called

This devotional for Our Daily Journey rises out of my research for Becoming Worldly Saints. I hope it helps people apply the Reformation’s notion of vocation. There is still time to fix errors before I turn it in, so if you see something please say something. Thanks! read > Colossians 3:18-25 Remember that the Lord…

May 20, 2015
love theologically

I learned today that a prominent evangelical pastor warned in a sermon that we must not let our theology get in the way of our love. I didn’t hear the message myself, as I rarely listen to podcasts besides “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” and “Planet Money.” But I trust my friend who told me,…

May 14, 2015
new creation

Now that my grades are in, I can give a recap of last month’s Gospel Coalition conference, “Coming Home: New Heaven and New Earth.” Click here to listen to my session, “Teaching Your People to Become Worldly Saints.” TGC is an inspiring time of preaching, singing, and making and renewing gospel friendships. The plenary sessions…

May 6, 2015
fun dozen

In the spirit of fun and with an awareness of how easy it is to become a heretic when you’re in a hurry, here is this semester’s funniest student bloopers (with my parenthetical comments). I have italicized the funny parts. “Article 8 names the persons of the Trinity separately and notes that one of the…

May 4, 2015