Christians who are in a position to bless those who are less fortunate ought to have an innate desire to help their Christian brothers and sisters with more than just promises to pray.More
Joe Biden, John Piper, COVID Vaccines, and Freedom
President Biden held a townhall last week in which he mocked freedom and said as many as one-third of first-responders should be told to stay home if they refuse vaccination.More
Jeremiah Burroughs and The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Even just in the title of Jeremiah Burroughs 1648 work we are told that contentment for the Christian is precious and valuable, and that it is uncommon.More
Heavy on History – Refreshing the Audiobook Queue
This time around, I have elected to replenish my list of current titles with a lot of history spanning the past millennium from the Crusades to the present. More
Nearly A Decade Working in the Oil and Gas Industry
The highest wages and the greatest uncertainty are in drilling, but the guys who operate the wells and pipelines will still have jobs when drilling periodically tapers off.More
The Asian Saga by James Clavell
Spanning 1600 to 1979, and set in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Iran, the stories all add up to one thing – the beauty and horror of what happens when East meets West.More
Do Not Be Anxious About Anything
It is easy to find our understanding taxed. What has recently been, what is now, and what may soon happen – all is complicated and disputed and controversial. More
Carl R. Trueman and The Failure of Evangelical Elites
And here we come to the crux of the divide between respectable establishment type evangelical Christians and those who are cast into the outer darkness as deplorables. More
Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther
I am struck by the utter lack of concern that father of Protestantism showed for what we would consider good manners in contending for what he held to be good doctrine.More
Flying Dinosaurs and What Counts As Imposing
The kinds of comments left thus far on the last episode are the whole of atheism – condescending, and ridiculing and oversimplifications, strawmen, and aspersions.More