Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry

  • A Theology of Worship Gatherings

    Last weekend I gave two seminars at our church associations national conference. I mentioned the first one yesterday, which lays out a biblical view of work and vocation. The second one, posted here, was about our church’s philosophy and theology of worship gatherings. If you are interested in hearing these concepts expanded, we are hosting…

  • A Biblical View of Work and Vocation

    Last weekend I gave a seminar at our church association’s annual national conference on “Work and Worship: How The Gospel Affects Our Work.” It was similar to my previous two messages, with a few nuances. Listen to it here. The manuscript follows.

  • Malcom Gladwell on David and Goliath

    Malcom Gladwell, author of multiple best-selling books on the nature of success, marketing, and culture, released a new sure-thing bestseller that reframes the story of David and Goliath from the typical “Sunday school” understanding. He gave a TED talk explaining his premise (16 min video) He also spoke recently at the Catalyst Conference on the…

  • Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Date Night

    (Sorry for the cheesy title.) Nancy and I keep a weekly date night. This has been a habit ever since the latter part of our dating (the first part was the inextricable puppy love where honestly, we spent too much time together and got in a lot of trouble). It is a weekly time to…

  • Why We Don’t Want to See The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible

    Last week I mentioned that we ought not seek an allegorical or “moral of the story” from Old Testament passages that we can seek to apply to our life today. (“Dare to be a Daniel!”, “Find your ‘five smooth stones’ to face your ‘Goliath’”, etc). I mentioned that most of us evangelicals have been taught…