Between the Trees

“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities [...]

My God, my Father, blissful name
Oh may I call Thee mine?
May I with sweet assurance claim
A portion so divine?
This only can my fears control
And bid my sorrows fly;
What harm can ever reach my soul
Beneath my Father’s eye?
Whate’er Thy providence denies
I [...]

They do things like this.

I have recently started using Google Analytics to track traffic on our blog. Anyone interested should check it out; its as useful for tracking traffic as any site I’ve yet encountered, and its extremely easy to use. You just need a Google account and copy and past a bit of code from the site into [...]

I’m currently reading R. Scott Rodin’s book, Stewards in the Kingdom, in it he discusses the many unhelpful “false starts” which Christians have made in seeking to form a consistent Christian ethic. Rodin’s primary objection is when people begin by talking about the task of stewardship rather than being a steward. He says this attacks [...]

I have the opportunity this semester to both lead a bible study on Colossians and co-lead a class for prospective members at the church I attend, and this has given me some food for thought. It is far too easy for us to place the necessity in teaching for strong content and good method over [...]

“To make the wickedness of men the cause of contention and strife in us, is to make one sin the cause of another. We cannot please the devil better than by hating men’s persons under pretense of duty.”
-Jonathan Edwards

I’m not the type to put a lot of stock into the whole “when were you saved?” question. I feel like it’s really simplistic and fails to appreciate the fact that our salvation is a process. That said, there is something special about knowing the day you first really understood the gospel and believed it. [...]

(and Tim Challies and Al Mohler… hey Eric, you’re in pretty good company!)
I also read Challies’ and Dr. Mohler’s posts last week and I think I’m going to try to do the same thing with my reading. I don’t have a physical journal, but I’ve kept one on word for the past several years so [...]

I was recently visiting with a couple friends about Christianity and culture. I was suddenly reminded of a video game my parents had bought me as a kid called Spiritual Warfare; it was a very blatant Christian attempt to provide an early form of Christian gaming on the Nintendo. Intrigued, I decided to search online [...]