“We are not to teach what the Bible says in bits and pieces, but rather are to gather it all up in a systematic whole.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 107
Novemberesque Letters
Letter to the Editor: Have you read Paul Bloom’s book “Against Empathy”? Amidst all the pushback to your conversation with Joe Rigney, Bloom wrote the book in 2016 and is an ...
Gashmu Saith It
So I have a new book coming out entitled Gashmu Saith It, the title of which I will explain in a minute. It is being released by Canon together with two other exciting new books, one being In ...
(L)et’s (G)o (B)randon—(t)o (Q)Anon +
Introduction: If our generation got any fruitier, it would have to be acknowledged from every quarter that somebody had put way too many mangoes in the fruit salad. This judgment of judicial ...
Book of the Month/November 2021
So I am going to do something a little bit different this time around, and recommend as a book of the month a book I have not yet read. I just got it last week, and it is called Intro to Joy. It was written by my sister, Heather Torosyan, who went to be with …
The Meaning of Joy
Sermon Video Introduction: When Paul comes to describe the fruit of the Spirit in Gal. 5:22, he uses the singular form of fruit, and then goes on to list love, joy, peace, and so on. So instead ...
A Blessing for All of It
“We do not give ten percent so that God will leave us alone with our ninety percent. That would just be an ecclesiastical extortion racket. Rather, we give ten percent as tribute, a ten percent that says in a very tangible way that one hundred percent belongs to God. And it does not really matter how much of it there is. What matters is what percentage of it is blessed.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 106
A Lot of People Feel That Way
The Preconditions of Cheerful Giving
“The Bible does tell us that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7), but it does no good to harangue everybody with this glorious truth if the leadership of the church insists on doubling down on all the things that make cheerful giving impossible.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 101
The Content Cluster Muster (11.04.21)
If You Happen to Be in India: You can register here. Where Is Your Loyalty?: Watch all of Grace Agenda 2021 in the ChristKirk app. Yeah, I Remember Then: Be Sure to Read the Back Also: Jokes I Like to Tell: One time there were two country cousins who lived together up in the mountains …