Between the Trees

When you have time, I’d strongly encourage you to read this article. But don’t do it when you only have five or ten minutes, this is something you should spend more time with.
Put shortly, three Christian men (a German missionary and two Turkish Christians) were martyred on April 18th by five youths in the town [...]

I’m now trying to also compile a reading list for the summer (summer being May, for me. I’ll bring a few books to Zambia but it’ll probably be mainly the books that I frequently return to for nourishment- The Pursuit of God, The Confessions, The Weight of Glory, and The Pleasures of God- which begs [...]

Sorry the for lack of postage lately, I’ve been buried under portfolios for the past week and a half, but the end is now in sight and I’m beginning to plan my summer (well, May at least… June and July probably not since I’ll be in Zambia) studies.
I want to take about a couple weeks [...]

As summer draws near and I eagerly await having some time (between working and getting married) to read, I have begun compiling my list of books I want to work through this summer. Right now, it looks something like this:
Biblical Theology by Geerhardus Vos: This is my big project book for the summer. Vos was [...]

“For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.”
-Ezekiel 16:59-60
This is perhaps one of my favorite [...]

In the wake of the tragic events at Virginia Tech, many international newspapers, and even some major political leaders, have criticized the United States relatively lax gun ownership regulations. This, to me at least, seems like a legitimate point. If you think about handguns, what can you do with a handgun that you can’t do [...]

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, [...]

As I was thinking about this series, I realized how thorough it will (hopefully) be and realized that I need to provide greater justification for spending such extensive time with this book beyond, “I feel like it.” So here’s the last bit of intro before diving into Part I.
A significant conflict in the church today [...]

Earlier this month a new book called An Emergent Manifesto of Hope was published by Baker Books as the first book of their new emersion series. I anticipate this will be a seminal work in the ongoing emerging church conversation that will be read by many within emergent and by those outside (and sometimes opposed) [...]

Andrew Jones has some interesting discussion going on his blog about theology, Jesus, missions, and the church.
And he also has a wonderful little blessing that is worth taking the time to read.
Lon at “One life… it’s all I got,” has some enjoyable stuff on creativity. I’m linking to one post specifically but he’s doing a [...]