Between the Trees

Why couldn’t John Piper and I be in the same denomination?
Lately some variant of this question has been troubling me a great deal. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of minor issues which differentiate us. But the only thing which would really prevent us from being in the same denomination is a single issue: [...]

Yesterday was a rather downer post about spending time at my wife’s grandparent’s home this weekend. However, while the rural church has been left behind, it still has a lot to teach us. I was very impacted by watching how the people in this little church truly loved and took care of one of their [...]

Last weekend my wife and I went to visit her grandparents. They live in tiny town of 500 people, the sort of place where old men gather at the diner to try to remember names over cups of coffee, the sort of place with one gas station, two bars and three churches.
Going to church in [...]

I think my favorite thing about Hemant Mehta is his insatiable curiosity. Mehta grew up in a Jain family before becoming an atheist in middle-school. Since that time, he has become a high-school science teacher as well as a young leader in a variety of non-religious student groups. Then, a few years ago Mehta decided [...]

I promise some more substantial posts in the near future, but I just thought I’d throw out something I was reflecting on today.
Like it or not, there is no clear “Christian” view of American politics. I think there are Christian view on particular issues, certainly. But even there, a number of these views are disputed [...]

As long as we’re posting Bible verses that make us laugh, here goes:
Nehemiah 13:8 “And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.” And if that wasn’t enough… here’s a Mark Driscoll rant.

“And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, ‘Gather the people together, so that I may give them water.’”
-Numbers 21:16

Perspective is an inescapable reality of how we experience the world. It just is. When I hear a word, like “love” or “conservative”, I have an immediate reaction to these words. They have a meaning for me which they may not for you. In my case, the word “love” is deeply associated with my wife [...]

A few years ago you may have read a news story about an atheist who “sold his soul on eBay.” The deal was that whoever won the auction would be able to give him a list of churches to visit, which he would then write about. Well, that atheist’s name is Hemant Mehta, a high-school [...]