Deceptive Depravity
I was bullied as a child. Short and skinny kid. Big ears. Glasses. Impoverished. And just as awkward then as I am now. I didn’t stand a chance. But I learned a little secret around 6th grade. If I started… Continue Reading
Total Depravity
The Carnival of the Macabre
Just down the highway from my home a gunman murdered a reporter and a cameraman on live TV yesterday. Not only did he murder them live on air, he filmed himself doing it and posted it to social media. This murderer… Continue Reading
The Humble Calvinism of Newton and Pleading to the Sermon-Proof
For the month of May we will be looking at the humble Calvinism of John Newton. I’ve structured our month around the TULIP, but truthfully that is a bit unhelpful. Newton seldom thought in terms of the TULIP. Listen to… Continue Reading
An Unhealthy Focus on Weakness
My son is a pretty decent baseball player…for a five year old. He’d rather me not have added those last five words. He wants to be, at the age of five, a better baseball player than the guys that he… Continue Reading