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Tomorrow we’ll release the first round of tickets for WDS 2015, a global gathering like no other! But first, we’re rolling out a different speaker video every day. Michael Hyatt, author of New York Times best seller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Busy World, spoke about the difference between living by drifting, by being driven,…Continue reading “WDS 2014 Speaker: Michael Hyatt Examines the Designed Life”

Same Outfit; Guilt is Good?; Episcopalians The Genius of Wearing the Same Outfit Every Day—Paul Petrone Yes, I wear jeans, a black untucked shirt, black shoes, and a blazer every day. Now you know why! Guilt is good? Oy! #NowTheyTellMe—Cathy Lynn Grossman Fascinating look at guilt from Cathy Grossman. Has the Last Episcopalian Been Born?—RodContinue reading “Morning Roundup 11/10/14”

     And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgaveContinue reading “A Prayer for God’s Love to Impact Our Relationships”

The 107th podcast episode just released. It’s called “How to End Spiritual Stagnation.” I’m being interviewed on my new best-selling book, Jesus Now, and during the course of the conversation, I address several hindrances to spiritual progress and how to end them. Listen in the following venues: iTunes Subscribe (for Apple devices)   Beyond PodContinue reading “How to End Spiritual Stagnation”

An interview with local pastor and professor Michael Higgins Back in August, I hosted a series of guest posts about racial reconciliation within the church. As it happened, in the initial week of that series, Michael Brown—an unarmed African-American teenager—was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the weeks andContinue reading “Three Months After Michael Brown’s Death in Ferguson, Missouri”

Still my kids’ favorite commercial. from Kevin DeYoung http://ift.tt/1u0GMdX via IFTTT

And all the people said … “Amen!” The “amen corner” has had an important place in the life of the church throughout the ages. However, it is rare to find such a spot among Presbyterians. We are known as God’s frozen chosen for a reason. It has been said that the Methodists like to shoutContinue reading “What Does “Amen” Mean?”

Kevin J. Vanhoozer. Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2014. 298 pp. $22.42. “The drama is in the dogma,” Dorothy Sayers once said. It seems no evangelical theologian has more enthusiastically taken to heart her statement than Kevin Vanhoozer, research professor of theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School outside Chicago.Continue reading “Faith Speaking Understanding”

It had to happen eventually. The precious little boy who stole my heart when he was born last year recently began doing his part to corroborate the doctrine of original sin. I hoped he would be amazingly compliant and have little need of discipline. But the reality of his sinful heritage both from his firstContinue reading “Parenting Teaches Us to Be Better Children of God”

What if I were to ask you to solve 30 long-division problems? One thing, though: there’s no calculator. Sure, you probably remember how to do it by hand, but since you haven’t since childhood, you’re rusty. As a result, the whole idea seems a little threatening and needlessly difficult, doesn’t it? Thanks to the blessingsContinue reading “My Love-Hate Relationship with Bible Study Tools”