12 Insights on Israel from John Piper (Romans 9:4-5)

12 Insights on Israel from John Piper (Romans 9:4-5)

Nine Privileges for Israel and Three Implications from the pen of John Piper. They are: Nine Privileges They are Israelites and to them belong the adoption the glory the covenants the giving of the law the worship To them belong the patriarchs and the promises and...
Satisfied, joyful, and happy!

Satisfied, joyful, and happy!

“Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” – Psalm 90:14 Since Christian Hedonism reminds us that our happiness flows out of our relationship with Christ, I find myself often reflecting on just...
Gossip+: The New Social Networking Method

Gossip+: The New Social Networking Method

People can be really frustrating to deal with. You know it, and I know it. I spend the vast majority of my time talking to people and hanging out with people and one thing is for sure: at times we all find people frustrating. And for some reason, all of that...
Have You Met Any Angels Lately?

Have You Met Any Angels Lately?

“Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Heb. 13:1-2) Whenever I read this verse, I picture it being read out loud with an east coast accent. The word...
Satisfied, joyful, and happy!

The Missional Spirit Breaks Ecclesiological Monologue!

“What if the life-giving Spirit is saying to us that nothing has gone wrong but that he is breaking apart the five-hundred-year-old boxes in which we have so conveniently placed the movement of God since the European Protestant reformations? What if the period...