In his book, The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything, Dr. Fred Sanders wrote something that made me stop and think about how I go about communicating the message of the gospel. Continue reading
POST CATEGORY : Notes in the Margins
The Difficulties of “Devoting to Destruction”
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In a sermon that I recently preached on Joshua 6, I had to address a difficult concept found in the Old Testament: God’s command for Israel to “devote” the peoples living in the Promised Land to destruction. In the sermon, I mentioned 3 observations that have helped me think Biblically about this practice. That doesn’t mean I’ve got it all figured out (it’s still difficult for me to wrap my mind around, to some extent). I’m still wrestling with these issues. Anyway, I actually had 2 more observations I wanted to share in the sermon but did not because of time constraints. Continue reading
Why I Write….A Quick Note on Entering the Blogosphere
Why do I write? Why did I decide to start a blog? These are questions I’ve been asking myself. Everyone seems to have a blog these days, but I’m not very trendy. I haven’t even joined any social networking sites (except for the shared facebook account that I have with my wife, on which I rarely post anything myself). I used to think that people with blogs just liked to hear their own voices. To see their words in print. That they were hoping to be published in a “real” medium at some point. That’s not really me (at least I hope!).