Conceiving the Christian College: A College President Shares His Vision of Christian Higher Education
Book Summary • Duane Litfin, Conceiving the Christian College: A College President Shares His Vision of Christian Higher Education (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004), Kindle Edition. 289 pp. $11.
Read time: 3 min
Taylor’s Protestant Problem: How to Live Coram Deo without Burning Out
ARTICLE • Charles Taylor blamed the Protestant Reformation for the rise of secularism. He alleged that the high spiritual bar set for the average believer in Protestantism has led many to give up on the faith. Does this charge have any merit? How can believers integrate their faith in all of life without caving under the pressure of living as Scripture requires?
Read time: 10 min
The Beauty and Power of Biblical Exposition: Preaching the Literary Artistry and Genres of the Bible
Book Review • Douglas Sean O’Donnell and Leland Ryken, The Beauty and Power of Biblical Exposition: Preaching the Literary Artistry and Genres of the Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022). Kindle. 300 pp. $16.99.
Read time: 7 min
The Surprising Comfort of Divine Rebuke
ARTICLE • Job’s heart was transformed by a humbling encounter with God, illustrating that our awe at God’s power and wisdom is foundational to true comfort even in the midst of profound suffering.
Read time: 5 min
Your Marriage Is a Subplot within God’s Story of Redemption
WEDDING SERMON • Human marriages are sacred subplots within God's grand Story of Redemption, finite stories given context and meaning by four master plotlines of the biblical metanarrative: (1) the cultural mandate, (2) the curse on mankind, (3) the conquest of Messiah, and (4) the consummation of Christ’s marriage at the end of time.
12 min
The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies
Book Summary • Nijay Gupta, The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022). Kindle Edition. 160 pp. $10.
Read time: 4 min
The Convicting Work of the Spirit
SERMON • In John 16, Jesus teaches how the Holy Spirit lays a foundation in our souls that undergirds all further moral convictions: the Spirit convinces us of our sin, of Christ's perfect righteousness, and of divine judgment awaiting those who remain outside of Christ.
47 min
When Jesus Feels Far Away
SERMON • Before completing His mission and returning to the Father, Jesus assured His apostles that He was not abandoning them. Rather, in every age, disciples can experience the presence, revelation, and fellowship of God through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
49 min
Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor’s Life
Book Summary • Gary M. Burge, Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor’s Life, (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015), Kindle. Kindle Edition. 140 pp. $12.
Read time: 4 min
Jesus Knows and Governs Your Future to the Millisecond
ARTICLE • As the disgraced Apostle Peter learned, we can entrust our future to our meticulously knowledgable, powerful, and loving Savior.
Read time: 6 min
Narrative in Therapy and Theology: A Biblical Response to Susie Orbach’s Narrative Therapy
PAPER • The stories we sometimes tell ourselves about God, others, ourselves, and our circumstances are rooted in misperceptions that yield problems in living. In this paper, I ask a key question: How might a counselor help a counselee realign their perceptions and personal narratives toward the truth and wisdom of God’s Word?
Read time: 25 min
Intimate Fellowship with God
DEVOTION • “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him” (John 14:23).
Read time: 2 min
Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education
Book Summary • Timothy Paul Jones et al., Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2017. Kindle Edition. 188 pp. $10.
Read time: 7 min
Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
Book Summary • James Lang, Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, 2nd ed. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2021). Kindle Edition. 260 pp. $19.
Read time: 7 min
The Illuminating Revelation of God
DEVOTION • “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him” (John 14:21).
Read time: 2 min
What the Best College Teachers Do
Book Summary • Ken Bain, What the Best College Teachers Do (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004). Kindle Edition. 207 pp. $22.
Read time: 5 min
Never Alone: The Promise of the Holy Spirit
DEVOTION • “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you” (John 14:18).
Read time: 2 min
Hear, My Son: Teaching and Learning in Proverbs 1–9
Book Summary • Daniel Estes, Hear, My Son: Teaching and Learning in Proverbs 1–9 (Grand Rapids: InterVarsity Press, 1997). Kindle Edition. 174 pp. $12.
Read time: 5 min
Adopted by God: Embracing Our New Identity
DEVOTION • “You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!” (Rom. 8:15).
Read time: 2 min
The End of Guilt
DEVOTION • “Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me” (Jer 2:22); “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Is 1:18).
Read time: 3 min
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