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December 2021

December 21, 2021

How Christians Can Engage with the Culture – with Dr. Bruce Ashford

Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description What is a Christian’s role...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

Preach Sermons that Tell the Story of Creation / Fall / Redemption / Consummation

Best Practices for Pastors For my doctoral dissertation, my research discovered how pastors lead congregants...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

The Real Reason the “New Earth” will be Different

"The new earth will seem different simply because it will be much more like itself....

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Our Hope is not for a Permanent Vacation in Heaven

As we enter into Spring, our family has been talking about what we want to...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

Good Friday and Easter Accomplished a Whole Lot More Than We Think

We have been led to believe that the only thing that the shed blood of...

April 04, 2017

The Mission of God is Not Limited to Humanity, But Humanity is the Key to It All

What is the Mission of God? And what do we humans have to do with...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Your Identity Doesn’t Come from Your Work

So, you’re at a gathering and you meet someone for the first time. He asks...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Shalom is the Way it is Meant to Be

PEACE. It has the connotation in English of quiet tranquility and calm restfulness. But in...

November 2015

November 06, 2015

Video Podcast: Bob Robinson – “The Roadmap”

In this sermon preached at Trinity Chuch in Mentor, Ohio, Bob Robinson gives an overview,...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

Your Work is Not in Vain – Because of Resurrection!

N. T. Wright on Resurrection as it applies to 1 Cor. 15:58. "What we can...

October 06, 2015

What is the “CREATION?” What is God Redeeming?

The mission of God in Christ is to reconcile all things back to himself. According to Colossians...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Why Vocation Matters: The 4 Chapter Good News Story (Illustrated!)

Below is an interactive presentation that explains the gospel of Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation and...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Part of the Bigger Story

Finding our place in God’s huge story. I imagine having an out-of-body experience. As I...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Neo-Dortian? Neo-Puritan? Neo-Nuff?

So I wrote this post last month on why the "New Calvinism" (the young, restless,...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

The Great Big Cosmic Gospel

Below is my graphical representation of the Gospel. It is the four-chapter story of God’s...

December 2012

December 09, 2012

“Redemption” by James K. A. Smith

Restoring creation will require the Spirit-inspired work of building caring institutions and life-giving habits. Jamie...

October 2012

October 02, 2012

Are you one of the Next Christians?

In this video, Gabe Lyons observes that the church has moved to the periphery of...

August 2012

August 15, 2012

Can We Affirm the Good, True and Beautiful in the Art of Unbelievers?

In the amazing film Amadeus, the Viennese court composer Antonio Salieri becomes spiritually hardened because he...