DeYoung on Obedience
From a blog post by Kevin DeYoung: Sometimes in a genuine effort to be honest about our persistent imperfections we make it sound like holiness, of any sort, is out of reach for the Christian.…
A Whole New Agenda
”Christianity doesn’t fit into your agenda, it’s a whole new agenda. It does not enrich your life; Christianity is a whole new life.” – Tim Keller, from a sermon called Real Security and the Call of…
DeYoung on the Missional Church
I was going to wait to write a reflection until I read a little further into DeYoung and Kluck’s book, “Why we love the church,” but I came across a statement in chapter one that…
Why We Love the Church
During the last semester at Prairie, I read a book called, “Why we’re not emergent,” by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck. Within the first few pages I knew I would enjoy their work. This prompted…
Women as Pastors: Pastoral Research Project
Preface Please take note that the article below does not contain all the research I conducted in order to reach my conclusion. I note a few authors and books, which you will need to pick…
A Year At Prairie
Spring is here and things are quiet around the Prairie campus. I have spent some time reflecting on my first year at Prairie Bible Institute, and I’d like to share some highlights. My first impression…
A life changing message by Tim Keller
During the Gospel Coalition conference this year, I listened to a sermon preached by Timothy Keller that I won’t soon forget. There is no way I can do justice by writing a summary of what…
Lent 2011: Some Thoughts
If you read my blog regularly, you will know about a commitment I made at the beginning of the lent season a few months ago. I have some thoughts about how that went and how…