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…
Pure Water
If the church is the glass and the water is the message, Bonhoeffer would not like what is happening in the emergent church in regards to preaching: Anyone who is thirsty will drink water from…
The Bible as Final Authority
I am working on an essay for my Issues in Contemporary Theology class, for which I am reading about the emergent church. One of the books I’m reading is called Listening to the Beliefs of…
The Opposite of Pride
I have a confession: I am an evil-hearted person. From the day I was born, I have been unable to desire anything good out of my own nature. Because of that, I do not deserve…
Mercy Dependant Humility
This last week I’ve been thinking a lot about humility, which is the same as saying I’ve been thinking a lot about my problem with pride. I listened to a sermon by John Piper, titled…
Without Faith
This morning at chapel, I was privileged to hear from a man who has been serving God faithfully in missions for many years. He had a question that spoke to me clearly and I spent…