slow

Sorry, I’ve been slow on posting since Mae was born. We’ve been pretty busy with her and I’ve also been sick this last week. Finally I went to the doctor on Saturday morning and got treated for a sinus infection. But I’m on the mend.
I just bought Doug Stuart’s new [...]

Family and Mae

Jephthah

Here’s a recording of the sermon that I preached this weekend.

Arminianism

Check out Scot McKnight’s excellent post on Calvinism vs. Arminianism. I love the distinction between “free will” and “freed will.”

Mae again

Here’s a link to the hospital’s photo of our little girl.

Baby Mae

Maeli Renee was born at 8:20 on Wednesday night.  She weighed 6 lbs. 2 oz.  and was 19 inches long.  What a blessing!

the last generation?

As a youth pastor, I’m always getting junk mail from either Ron Luce’s Acquire the Fire or Josh McDowell’s ministry. It seems like most of it predicts that the end is near for Christianity. According to Luce, Christian teens are going the way of the buffalo, and if we don’t do something about [...]

Wright on postmodernism

Here’s a N.T. Wright quote I ran across recently.
“Part of the point of postmodernity under the strange providence of God is to preach the Fall to arrogant modernity.  What we are faced with in our culture is the post-Christian version of the doctrine of original sin: all human endeavor is radically flawed, and the journalists [...]

I can’t wait

It looks like we have an exciting week ahead of us.  If Shelley doesn’t have the baby by Tuesday, then our doctor is going to induce her on Wednesday morning.  So that’s pretty exciting, but we’re kinda anxious at the same time.  Pray for us.
Shelley’s family and my family will be coming to visit [...]

flirt to convert

I saw a link to this on the blog of Mark from youth specialties.  It’s a website called Date to Save.  It’s pretty funny or pretty sad depending on how you look at it.