This last Sunday in the Church year was “The Baptism of the Lord.” Jesus went down to the Jordan and had John baptize him. That act kicked off his public ministry. It also convinced Christians that we too should be baptized. As our bodies are washed with water, so God washes away all the guilt that […]
John Wesley’s Small Group Agenda
Every small group has its own to-do list. When I was a university student I would work up questions for inductive Bible study. We would try to guide our groups from details of the day’s text, to its meaning, and onward to ways to live it. Since then some of the richest small groups I’ve […]
So What’s Up With the New Tag Line?
Since my first foray into the blogosphere my tag line was “trying to catch the view from some big shoulders.” Now it says “Christianity as a second language.” What’s up with that? My core mission is still the same: I’m mining the best of the Christian past to find wisdom for faithful effective discipleship now […]
The Saints; or “What’s a Nice Reformed Boy Like Me Doing on a Topic Like This?” (Heidelberg Catechism Q. 30)
I wonder sometimes whether readers think it is odd that I blog on a classic Reformed text like the Heidelberg Catechism one day and on saints of the Catholic and Orthodox world the next. From Calvin’s time onward, a good deal of Reformed ink has been spilled ridiculing Catholic devotion to the saints. Take my […]
My Best Kept Secrets of 2013: The Posts You Didn’t See
In my first year of blogging there were some amazing days when posts got liked and shared and commented on. There were also days of slogging away with nobody looking in. Sometimes the problem was clearly bad timing: It was hard to lure in readers in the busy days of December, and if I posted […]
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