HUSBAND, FATHER, ADVENTURER, FOUNDER, PASTOR, DIRECTOR... ADVANCING THE GOOD.
Today I celebrate 15 years of marriage with my wife. It is a meaningful date and milestone beyond the obvious reasons for me personally. But I don’t want to write about myself, I want to celebrate the love of my wife. I suck at giving physical gifts, so this is the medium. I make it [...]
2013 has finally produced art I’ve wanted to listen to more than once. Line of Fire by Junip What would you do If it all came back to you? Each crest of each wave Bright as lightning What would you say If you had to leave today? Leave everything behind Even though for once, you’re [...]
I love everything about Reformation Day. I talk about it every October 31st. Why? Not really sure other than the fact that it’s a day that feels a lot like a pep rally for life. It reminds me of a bigger story I’m in, one that sits on the shoulders of giants. It serves as [...]
Well, so am I. As Christians we don’t often forget the problem of sin, we are usually very keen at pointing out sin and sinners around us. Like the Corinthians, our problem is not that we forget we are surrounded by sinners, but that we forget we ourselves are sinners. However, this necessary bad news [...]
Abraham Kuyper had a remarkable vision for mission in the public square in Western life. Let’s review the vision. The key to understanding this whole vision is to understand western culture from the standpoint of the gospel rather than the gospel from within the presuppositions of modernity. In other words, the worldview baggage that we [...]
Continuing a series about Abraham Kuyper and his influence. Missionary theologian Lesslie Newbigin commented in 1996 that the “Reformational, Kuyperian tradition has obviously been at work long ago spelling out concretely in the various spheres of society what it means to say, ‘Jesus is Lord.’” So what is the Reformational Kuyperian tradition? Some today have [...]
I was a 23 year old seminary student when I first read about Abraham Kuyper. After I heard about the man, I began reading his works. It was an intellectual spring time. Kuyper was a man in love with Jesus and the Gospel yet he was also a preacher, politician, journalist, statesman, and theologian. Kuyper’s [...]
When you are satisfied with God’s presence and approval in your life, you will no longer obsess about what everyone else thinks about you. You can quit hiding your faults and start living with authenticity, letting people see the real you — the ‘you’ with all the faults and warts — because you [...]
