{EAV_BLOG_VER:ac70ec1dca3e76ed} I recently joined a social networking site called Empire Avenue. The purpose of the site is to invest in other people and boost your social networking “value” by getting others to invest in you.…
I recently started reading Timothy Keller’s, King’s Cross, and it has been a refreshing look at the life of Jesus. In it, he talks about how we tend to think that if only we could…
As I continue to read DeYoung and Cluck’s, Why We Love the Church, I have been thinking about the question of how to make the church not boring but still maintaining the distinction of being…
Three men in their 60’s talk for a few minutes on how to stay married. Based on Bonhoeffer’s statement: “It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains…
This morning I had the privilege of preaching in a small church in Wimborne, Alberta. From the moment I stepped into the building I felt such a warm and welcoming love from the people there that reminded…
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.…
”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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…