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Kings and Christian Leadership: Sin Brings Forth Death
This post will serve as the final installation in my series on the Old Testament book of Kings. The purpose throughout has been to apply King’s theology of leadership to...
Philippians 3:8-11 Devotional
Philippians 3:8-11. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I...
Fridays with Fred: Sorry, Not Sorry
Few readers will be unfamiliar with the idiom, ‘it’s better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.’ Of course, only the criminally insane would apply this expression to,...
In Defence Of Satire
In Between Two Worlds, John Stott defines satire as a literary device or tool that uncovers folly. It subversively exposes the fallen human condition, which tends to make us resist...
Philippians 3:7-8 Devotional
Philippians 3:7-8. But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing...
Doodle: 3 Reasons Physical Books Are Better Than Digital Ones
Last week a friend returned a book I had lent her. As she handed it to me I noticed that despite buying it new, less than 2 years ago: the...
Philippians 3:3-6 Devotional
Philippians 3:3-6. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—...
Christus Victor and 1 Peter 3
The formation and refining of a Christian’s theology is the result of a continuous conversation between Scripture and theology. Though exegesis seeks to understand the plain meaning of Scripture, inevitably...