Yesterday, while at my accountability group, one of my brothers shared the following verse from Psalm 46: Be still, and know that I am God. Afterward, while we were sitting in silence together I thought I heard the Lord say to me… Be still, and know that you are not God. This made me laugh [...]

In short, we are a being in becoming, and through faith in Christ our becoming is a path that leads us back to God. Essential to walking this path is self denial, and so with this in mind, I give the following bulletpoints on becoming. We can deny ourselves things for the sake of obtaining [...]

The following words from C.S. Lewis are specifically about the Christian virtue of chastity, which is the moral teaching that the joy and responsibility of sex is for marriage only. Lewis acknowledges, that such teaching is contrary to our sexual instincts, and in Mere Christianity, he provides a masterful defense of why chastity, even in [...]

In the Genesis narrative the original sin happened when Adam and Eve believed, each in their own way, that they had to look after themselves because God was holding out on them. We recapitulate this sin when, in various ways, we act out of the same belief.

Repentance is a call to the root, and hence it is not directly a call to change behavior, but rather a call to change what one trusts to live a full life.  Repentance will entail a redefining of what the good life is and it will entail a shift in reliance upon certain resources and [...]

This is my Thanksgiving post. I’m writing this while watching Parenthood, which makes me think of one thing I am thankful for, my kids. This, makes me think of my wife, as she was a major contributing factor toward the fact that I, or I should say we, have kids. I am so very thankful [...]

A former student of mine has been coming into the ASC where I work, and in the process of conducting research for her senior thesis, she has been giving me the wonderful opportunity to discuss all things Chesterton, and Chesterton like (or as she would say, Chestertonian). Anyways, she recently responded to one of my [...]

If Jesus’ primary pattern of ministry was to gather a crowd and reveal his glory through spectacular means, such as transfiguration or mighty miracles, very likely the crowds would have responded positively. Many would have thought that  Jesus must certainly be worthy of allegiance. But, in such circumstances such a response would have raised questions [...]

While cleaning the tutoring center I came across a sheet of paper with various Gospel quotes. It turned out to be a bit of serendipity, as one of the quotes spoke to me, and I thought I would give it a chance to speak to someone else. What is your hope? Only this – his [...]

I am mildly drunk on Kierkegaard. I read his ideas and I swear  my pulse quickens and new vistas of consciousness are opened. For those who don’t know, Kierkegaard is generally considered the father of existentialism, a philosophy that seeks to understand persons as unique and concrete, existing individuals as opposed to parts of a [...]