The Blind ONE (John 9:1-41)
The Bondage of Either/Or Spirituality
In the preface to C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, he describes “the mark of hell” as “the ruthless, sleepless, unsmiling concentration on the self.” Hell is the end of the road for the sin of
Humble Confidence, Not Self-Love
Contemporary pop psychology’s mantra about well-being is that you must love yourself first to be a healthy person and to be able to love others. It is common for some form of this thinking to
Happy 100th Birthday Jackie Robinson
An excerpt from In the Arena: The Promise of Sports for Christian Discipleship On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, a 28-year-old rookie, courageously ran onto Ebbets Field transforming one of the most sacred spaces in American
Baseball, the Pulpit, and Dan Doriani’s Preaching in a Mild State of Panic
As a high school baseball coach, I taught my players what my college baseball coach has taught me, nerves are not an enemy to excellent performance, they are a necessary, and can become a friend.
Doing Greater Works than Jesus? The Primacy of Faithful Preaching
In John 14:12, Jesus makes the startling statement: “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because