25 Quotes from “Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief” by John Frame

I had the pleasure of reading this book with a small group of men in my church. It’s quite a long book, so it was great to have the accountability of friends to keep me motivated. Frame definitely  has the ability to bog me down at times with some of the real dense and technical…

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8 Quotes from “The Mark of the Christian” by Francis Schaeffer

I highly recommend this book to anyone. If you’ve got an hour to spare–or even if you don’t, make one–this is well worth the time.

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The Importance of Theology

This post is adapted from a talk I was recently privileged to give to the men’s group at my local church. Introduction I want to start by putting all of my cards on the table and say that on this topic, I believe that the Bible is authoritative and clear regarding salvation and Godly living,…

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Our Wavering Faith in God’s Sovereignty

We, with joy, we recount God’s great faithfulness to us and say with the psalmist, “Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.” (Psalm 106:12). However, we also must admit that we partake in the very next verse just as much—if not more often, “But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.” (Psalm 106:13).

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We’ve Lost Our Ability to Argue

This morning, at a book club meeting, one of my friends put forth the thought that there doesn’t seem to be any—or many—real theological debates in our time. The extent to which that is true can be disputed—it certainly is true, but it really got me thinking about why it’s true even if it’s only…

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On Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32 For several weeks now in my community group at church this verse has been brought up, and it dawned on me this morning that for this…

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Has “Star Wars” Damaged Christian Discipleship?

Like everything else, Christian discipleship is for him (God), through him, and to him (Romans 11:36).  But Star Wars may be having a draining, and unfortunately prideful, effect on how Christians go about making disciples. What’s the Context? The Star Wars films are an iconic story of good overcoming evil, and though there are many…

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