Jayber Crow is the barber in Wendell Berry’s recommended fictional community of Port William. As such he witnesses how life and circumstances sometimes transform people . . .And, in that sense, there is a parallel between Jayber Crow’s job of…
Is it the Haggard’s place to be critical of the process by which New Life church disciplined Ted Haggard?
In a Christianity Today interview, Gayle Haggard responds to questions about her decision to stay with her husband after his infidelity became public. I’m thankful the Haggard’s are together. While there are biblical grounds for divorce (Matthew 19:9), and Gayle…
Mark Driscoll in Haiti
Meditate with pen in hand
One of the things we’re encouraging our leaders to do is to write in their Bibles. When you read the day’s chapter of Proverbs, paraphrase the Proverb that gets your attention (See here). So, today is the 27th. Read Proverbs…
Preaching has fallen on hard times . . .
One of our central values as a local church is the preaching of the Word. The Bible teaches that the proclamation of the Word is God’s appointed means (2 Timothy 4:1) for building up God’s people (Ephesians 4:11-13, Titus 1:3).…
Books I recommend
People ask me sometimes for book recommendations. You can visit my Amazon store here. Full disclosure: If you buy something while you’re there. I will make a few cents. If you buy a Kindle while you’re there, I’ll make a…
Should I get a tattoo even if my parents don’t agree?
Dr. Russell Moore gives his answer to this question. Click here.
“Stay hitched to your toddler”
Again, whenever you hear an argument for elective abortion, stop and ask this question: Would this justification for killing the unborn work for killing a toddler? If not, your critic is assuming that the unborn aren’t human, a point for…
Whether or not they heard the muffled scream of human smoke . . .
God only knows. But, he does know. This is the point of Psalm 139. Think of it this way on Sanctity of Life Sunday — When the Nazis gassed Jews and then incinerated them, the soot of image bearers curled…
Wendell Berry and living long; It won’t kill you, not for a long time
If you’re looking for good fiction, I commend to you Wendell Berry. Jayber Crow is a wonderful place to begin. Burley Coulter is the man in Berry fiction. My favorite quote may be the one found in this post .…