Category After Damascus

I was tasked with delivering the Christmas Eve message at church this year. We covered the Song of Simeon, or Luke 2:29-32. While it has been recorded, it has not been uploaded to the church website. I am uploading it…

My 21 year old self would be astounded at the number of books I own on theology. Heck, the number of Bibles I own would make him do a double take. With that being said, I own a copy of…

So much for a daily writing assignment. Maybe I ought to just give up on that notion. I don’t know. I ordered a book by Kevin DeYoung called “Just Do Something.” From what I gather it’s about deciphering what God…

I never wanted to preach. It wasn’t something that had ever been on my radar. Yet, for the past four months I’ve been delivering messages at church. I’m reminded of the words of Paul, “the least of these.” Many men…

We live with limited time. God has our end in sight. While He is sovereign, we’re called to the duty of living lives honoring Him. A while back, I got into a bit of a disagreement with someone over politics.…

I tend to be very much in the “Reformed” camp of thinking. I’ve joked that if I were to get tattoos, I would get the 5 Solas of the Reformation tattooed on my left fingers and the five points of…

I often say that “the Bible doesn’t stutter.” I usually state this in response to the idea that the more challenging statements in Scripture can be negated by comparing them to your feelings. Another thing I often say is that…

The men’s group at our church is going through J.I. Packer’s Knowing God. I haven’t read anything by Packer, but I’m aware that he edited the ESV Study Bible (which I have) and he was close with John Piper, whom…

One of the topics that I’ve done a bit of study on, and continue to look at closely, is the relationship between the Church and ethnic Israel. Whenever I attend any Q&A, I always ask the presenter what the relationship…