Chill Golfer: A Road to Take Slowly: Makes Sense to Me: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Stands to Reason: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Jacob Aguiar Featured Product: Smashmouth Incrementalism:Over the years, I have written a good bit on what I call smashmouth incrementalism. The subject concerns what needs to be the ultimate goal …
The Coming Pivot
“The Jewish War would ‘fill up’ the sins of Israel (Matt. 23:32). That event would begin the ‘times of the Gentiles,’ a period that would eventually be completed. I take that completion as being marked by the conversion of the Jews, an event that has not yet happened (Rom. 11:15). This means we are still living in the times of the Gentiles.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 52
Mary Magdalene and Judas the Troubled
Introduction: The tag for this post is Exegetical Fragments, but that is not quite right. There are actually a number of exegetical fragments laid out on the table in front of us here, but I ...
The Point of Minding the Store
“Loving more and more means gathering more and more, which means minding the store, and then being generous with what you have gained. We give in order to get, in order that we might be able to give even more.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 45
Letters From Out There, Where You Are
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for your ministry.First off, I'm one who made the Rap Battle video with you and Keith Foskey. I hope you enjoyed it. :-)But that's not why I'm writing. I'm ...
Honest Giving
“Now the great Pauline principle here is ‘mind thine own business.’ Tend to thine own knitting. You do this, not because you are telling the rest of the body to get lost, but rather because you need to acquire something before you can give it. You cannot give what you do not have, and cannot have something to give unless you came by it honestly.”
Mines of Difficulty, pp. 44-45
Mud Flaps, Talmud Flaps, and Flaps About the Talmud
Introduction: So I have a few things that need to be said about me and the Talmud. Be sure to give me a minute to get warmed up. But first, in order for you to understand what I am going to say, ...
Welcoming Brooks Potteiger
We are happy to announce that the Lord has supplied us with a pastor for our work at Christ Church D.C. Brooks Potteiger and his wife Laura will be moving to Babylon this summer, with their family, ...
Lying Is What They Do
Acts of the Apostles (51): Sermon Video Introduction: Lying is not just something that people do when they are little boys getting into the cookie jar. We sometimes naively assume that greater ...
Because That Is How It Feels
“Something is transfat, for example, when a baby carrot identifies as salty grease on the inside.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 41









