Abortion, Miscarriage and Human Dignity

I’m pleased to have this article published at The Christian Post. With everything swirling around in this continued debate about abortion, the right to life, and ultimately human dignity, it was wonderful to be able to offer my opinion on how those of us that have experienced a miscarriage might view the whole conversation. Ultimately,…

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God Gives You More Than You Can Handle

“God will never give you more than you can handle.” –Worldly Wisdom This post has been sitting in my draft folder for a few months while I’ve been thinking about the topic. By God’s good grace, The Gospel Coalition reposted an article by the same title yesterday. In the moment I thought I’d just scrap…

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What I’ve Learned through the Pain of Miscarriage

I am grateful to have had an adaptation of my article documenting the journey of our miscarriage, and God’s providence in it, published by The Gospel Coalition. Verena and I are praying that our processing of pain can be a help to the many others that endure the same painful circumstance. Here’s an excerpt: The…

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Be Safe: Two Words Exposing Privilege

How have we let ourselves create a culture where anyone should expect trouble and hardship based solely on the pigment of their skin? How have we allowed a society to grow where young boys are raised to think that this day could be their last if they don’t watch out for who might take their life?

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5 Quotes from “God’s Will For My Life: A Theology of Decision-Making” by Jeremy Treat

Who should I marry? What should I do for work? Where should I live? Jeremy Treat aims to dispel some of my mystical confusion surrounding these types of questions with this book by grounding readers in what the Bible has to say. His overarching purpose is to teach us to stop obsessing over finding God’s will, and…

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10 Quotes from “If Ye Shall Ask” by Oswald Chambers

One constant, and necessary, refrain throughout the pages of this short book is that our ability to pray was costly. We only have access to our Father’s heavenly throne because of sacrifice of the Son and the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. This work has a wonderful, and correct, trinitarian emphasis on prayer. One…

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My Top Five Blog Posts from 2018

I wrote a lot more this year. In part becasue I added a whole new section to my site so that I can store quotes from the books I liked throughout the year. Due to that, and not surprisingly, the quote list from Fleming Rutledge’s book, The Crucifixion, had far and away the most hits…

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5 Quotes from “Follow Me: A Simple Guide to Following Jesus” by Jeremy Treat

If you’ve been a Christian for a while, most of what’s found in here will be a helpful reminder to you, but there probably won’t be anything you didn’t already know about the Christian faith. However, this book is worth the purchase for Christians at any stage in their journey, and you should actually buy…

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