Faith

Growing into grace as a parent

“What does it mean to live a Cross-centered life?” begins a recent post at The Shepherd’s Scrapbook. “To my life situation and my own heart, the Cross could be applied a thousand

Consuming Jesus: A response to Scot McKnight

Scot McKnight is a prolific blogger and scholar. His books and posts are always worth reading. Beyond that he’s a gentleman and he gave me great advice on buying a fountain pen.

Guaranteed church growth

Michael Haykin writes a thoughtful post on our tendency to depend on models for what God alone can give: Most recently, this arrogance can be seen in those who would argue that one

Reordering the Christian life

A paperback copy of Paul Louis Metzger’s Consuming Jesus arrived in the mail a couple of weeks ago to replace the Word document I’ve been using. I’ve been blogging through

Still looking for Jephthah

This post is going somewhere. Stick with me for a minute. Last week I spent some time in the strange story of Jephthah in the book of Judges (chapters 10-11). Jephthah is the