Letters of note is becoming one of my favorite blogs. April 29th, 1865: Queen Victoria, still grieving and “utterly broken-hearted” following the death of Prince Albert four years previous, writes an empathetic letter of condolence to Mary Todd Lincoln following the recent…
Learning from the Bible’s Unsung Heroes
Trevin Wax: We hear a lot about Paul, Peter, James, and John. But there are plenty of people mentioned in the New Testament that can slip by us unnoticed. In Colossians 4, the Apostle Paul lists ten less-familiar names from…
Thom Rainer’s Favorite Bulletin Bloopers
Thom Rainer: I like to laugh. In fact, I sometimes think some of us Christians take life with such a somber attitude that we forget how to smile. Most everyone has seen church bulletin bloopers. They are typically corny, but…
Reflecting on Hebrews
Darryl Dash blogs about what we’re learning this week about the book of Hebrews. I am participating in the same retreat where we have the privilege of learning from George H. Guthrie and Haddon Robinson. Darryl writes: I’ve been studying…
The Death of the Mushy Middle
You may find Tim Keller’s thoughts encouraging. Tim Keller – Interview Session #3 from Vintage21 Church on Vimeo.
Flash mobs and the search for community
On Ed Stetzer’s blog, Philip Nation ponders what it is about “flash mobs” that resonates with so many. Flash mobs are planned events in a public place where a group begins to do something in a way that appears spontaneous. …
What We’ll Miss the Most
We need to savor ordinary family life at home and at church. It will quickly be over. If you haven’t noticed the pastor’s family is growing up. Our oldest, Allison, is wrapping up her junior year and Mary Beth, our…
Psalm 91 and the Decorah Eagle Cam – – any moment now!
My family (with an emphasis on my wife, Jamie) has enjoyed watching the Decorah eagle cam. We eagerly await the hatch which could be any moment. I was reminded this morning of the picture Psalm 91 uses to assure us…
“the stability of Paul’s theological positions, which are so flexibly applied”
James Hamilton rightly points out that Paul modeled how the Gospel can be applied to a wide variety of situations. As I often stress, Titus 2:1 does not say that we we should teach sound doctrine. Rather, we are to…
What Evangelicals can learn from St. Patrick
Russell Moore: To our shame, most evangelical Protestants tend to think of Saint Patrick as a leprechaun. As we watch the annual drunken parades and pop-culture consumerism of the March holiday, no one could seem more removed from biblical Christianity…