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October 2019

October 16, 2019

4 Ways To Fail As A Preacher

Jesus wishing the sermon was over because listening to lazy preachers is the worst. One...

June 2019

June 26, 2019

Sermon Transcribed

I am trying to finish that thing I’ve been working on forever and really need...

April 2019

April 05, 2019

7 Takes On A Bad Sermon

It’s another gray Friday in Binghamton. The only antidote must be some takes about a...

March 2019

March 18, 2019

Monday on the Throwback Podcast and Links

Good morning, for those of you who like that sort of thing. We are not...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

I Fisk That Andy Stanley Sermon

We have an extra super special treat this morning. Instead of 7 Takes, we're going...

April 2018

April 09, 2018

Monday on the What’s Wrong With Evangelicalism Podcast and Links

Good Morning. Looks like we've officially recovered from Easter even if we haven't. Back to...

November 2017

November 07, 2017

A Sermon To Remember

We, the congregation, were transfixed. Even the children. There was no squirming to distract any...

September 2017

September 24, 2017

Joy Deferred

At the center of the gospel is the longing for the one who comes after...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Monday on the Friendly Recriminations Podcast and Links

Good Afternoon. I mean, it's still morning, but by the time I post this it...

July 10, 2017

Critical Monday on the Links and a Podcast

Good Moaning. I am afflicted with a rich and bubbly cold, because of course. But...

June 2017

June 04, 2017

A Word for the Preacher

Let there be no more pulpits filled with charlatans, cowards, liars, and hypocrites. Stand up...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

The Raising of Jonah

Mercy is a difficult experience. A lot of time when God is having mercy, it...

March 2017

March 26, 2017

Let the Plain Word of God Take Place

I'm not much inclined, in all my spare time, to the reading of sermons, being...

March 03, 2017

7 Toothsome Takes

Its Friday! And that means Takes. One It appears that if you want to buy...

February 2017

February 13, 2017

Science and the Bible Podcast and Links

Good Moaning. It's cold and windy outside and I'm trying to figure out how to...

February 06, 2017

Super Bowl Podcast and Other Various Links

Good Moaning. I'm off to take the children to the dentist and then later I...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Try Being Human Podcast and Links

The sun is trying to bash its way through a heavy layer of clouds, so...

January 23, 2017

Inauguration Weekend Podcast and Links

We did up a little podcast about the inauguration in which, as usual, we bashed...

January 16, 2017

MLK Podcast and Links

Its a bright sunny day, but very cold, so I think I will stick with...

January 12, 2017

Doctors and Preachers

Humiliated myself by going to the doctor yesterday. Not only was I measured, again (for...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

Thanksgiving Week Snowy Podcast With Links

[Not a picture I took.] Gosh it's pretty out there, with our two feet of...

November 07, 2016

Election Week Podcast and Links

[Picture of Jesus freaked out about tomorrow just like you are.] Thanks to the time...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Reformation Day Podcast and Links

We've climbed back on the bus of our usual routine and done up a little...

September 2016

September 17, 2016

Saturday on the Death of Dialogue Links

Woke up late, but do not fear, there is a podcast. This week we talk...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Helpful Advice for the Dentist and the Preacher

It was fitting that I had to go to the dentist yesterday, being in the...

April 06, 2016

The Panic Driven Life

I had some more things to say about feminism and Barbara Pym, but because I...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

An Easter Reflection

The beginning of the book of Isaiah is pretty dismal. Isaiah spends one verse introducing...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

What Does the Holy Spirit Do?

So I guess I inadvertently came out as a cessationist last week. Everyone has to...

February 10, 2016

Ashes for Glory

I posted Sunday evening on Facebook that Matt had preached "the best sermon ever", which...

January 2016

January 10, 2016

Sunday Reflection: God the Artist Engineer

I oscillate between very systematic, strictly in order readings through the bible, and then meandering...