A Confident Christmas: Advent 2015 at The Red Brick Church
If you wrestle with doubts about life and Christianity, we are praying that our 2015 Christmas series at the Red Brick Church will deeply encourage your heart. No one welcomes mental doubts, especially at Christmas time. We want a confident…
Early Book Gift Ideas
Hopefully, you are buying a present for at least one reader this Christmas. Here are a few ideas to consider. Happiness by Randy Alcorn just came out. Odds are good that your book lover friend doesn’t already own this. I…
Teaching Seventh Graders About Writing in Stillman Valley
I taught seven sections of 7th grade English today at Meridian Junior High in Stillman Valley. I cannot imagine a more beautiful group of young people. They were engaged, enthusiastic, and they even laughed at some of my jokes. We…
Unedited Sermon on the Mount Notes and Sermon Summaries
Two documents from Chris Brauns’s personal notes for his series on the Sermon on the Mount. One is an uneven summary of the sermons. The other is the glossary of terms I thought I should understand in order to preach…
Tim Keller: The Christian Alternative for Identity
Here is a Tim Keller sermon that will feed the soul of people in our day. This sermon will help you understand some of the reasons you think like you do. And it will show how Christ can set you…
Does God Love the Sinner and Hate the Sin?
Collin Hansen hosts one of my favorite podcasts. In this episode he interviews D.A. Carson and probes the accuracy of the aphorism, “God loves the sinner but hates the sin.” Carson shows why the saying “is close but finally wrong.”…
The System I Use for Long Term Scripture Memorization
Easily, my most important educational choice was deciding 25 years ago to systematically memorize Scripture. Here is a brief summary of the system I use for memorizing Scripture. I originally learned this approach from Jim Jeffery in the Fall of…
The Jesus Storybook Bible on the Hope of Christians
The final pages of The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name: One day, John knew, Heaven would come down and mend God’s broken world and make it our true, perfect home once again. And he knew, in some…
A Term from Sunday’s Sermon: Self-Referential Absurdity
In Sunday’s sermon, I defined the term “self-referential absurdity.” This is an important concept when dealing with the mind of the late modern age. Have you ever encountered self-referential absurdity? Self-Referential Absurdity – When the application of a claim to…