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July 06, 2007

The Beauty of Marriage, pt. 2

I closed yesterday with a comment about gazing at my wife's beauty. I want to...

July 03, 2007

Finding One’s Place in Life

It's hard to find your place in life. It's not always apparent just exactly where...

July 02, 2007

Thoughts on Blogging as it Relates to Humility

I've been considering lately how blogging fits in with my understanding of the Christian faith....

June 2007

June 29, 2007

The Top Coffee Places in Louisville

On most blogs, Friday is a day for lighter fare. No such policy here at...

June 28, 2007

The Duty of Every Preacher to Disclose Christ: It’s Not Easy

I think I said yesterday that I was done this series, but I thought of...

June 27, 2007

The Duty of Every Preacher to Disclose Christ: Recommended Books

A couple of days ago, Paul asked for book recommendations on the topic being considered....

June 26, 2007

The Duty of Every Preacher to Disclose Christ: TV Dinner Preaching

Note: I have a blog up over at Said at Southern that you might find...

June 22, 2007

One Day I Will Swim That Sea: On Heaven

One of the hallmarks of summer is time in the water. Here in Louisville, there's...

June 20, 2007

The Sweet But Poisonous Message of “The Holiday”

I recently watched the 2006 film "The Holiday," which stars Jude Law (Graham), Kate Winslet...

June 19, 2007

Gray Is Just Gray

I don't have much time today, but I want to say very quickly that if...

June 18, 2007

Gray Is Not Black; Gray Is Not White

I've seen something floating around in the world of blogs, and I want to address...

June 15, 2007

The Weekly Round-Up: Responses to Comments and Questions

I try to incorporate responses to my posts into my blogs and to use thoughtful...

June 14, 2007

The Strange Lives of Seminarians: Working Fools

One of the challenging aspects of seminary is this: the need most of us have...

June 13, 2007

The Strange Lives of Seminarians: Wannabe Professors

Professors cast a large shadow over the seminary community. They are often the reason that...

June 12, 2007

The Strange Lives of Seminarians: Competition

One of the primary problems seminarians have to fight is that of competition. It may...

June 11, 2007

The Strange Lives of Seminarians

I'm still not used to the graduate school calendar, or, for that matter, the post-primary...

June 08, 2007

New England Theological Seminary

I want to encourage you to check out the website of New England Theological Seminary,...

June 07, 2007

Final Thoughts on Women and Sports

I wasn't intending to revisit my series from last week, but I've received some feedback...

June 06, 2007

Confirmation of Women Becoming Brutish: a WNBA Story

A few quick hits today:1) I hope the teaching-as-ministry blogs were encouraging to some of...

June 05, 2007

Become a Teacher to Become a Witness

I want in this blog to encourage students who are not called to the pastorate...

June 04, 2007

The Noble Profession & Ministry

I am not sure who exactly first regarded teaching as a noble profession, but the...

June 01, 2007

A Great New Website: Said at Southern

I want to alert you to a new website called Said at Southern. It brings...

May 2007

May 31, 2007

Cultivating Femininity in Our Daughters: Coed Sports

Everyone loves a good cookout volleyball game. Or a fun coed wiffleball or ultimate frisbee...

May 30, 2007

Cultivating Femininity in Our Daughters: On Sports and Culture

There is no perfect standard by which to measure which sports girls might play, as...

May 29, 2007

Cultivating Femininity in Our Daughters: On Sports

I'm not sure how this blog series will be received. Like some of my past...

May 24, 2007

The Christian’s Place in Society: Respectful and Law-Abiding

Selection from Romans 13:1-2"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is...

May 23, 2007

The Christian’s Place in Society: Prophets in Khakis and Skirts

Selection from Matthew 14:1-4"At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus, and...

May 22, 2007

The Christian’s Place in Society: Salt, Light, and a Force for Good

Selections from Matthew 5:13-16"You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the...

May 21, 2007

The Christian’s Place in Society: the Hated

A recent study of academics showed overwhelming bias against evangelicals. More than half of the...

May 18, 2007

The Complex World of Male Friendship: Practical Suggestions

Leave it to guys to keep asking me for suggestions. We're practically minded, many of...