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  • This is Awkward; Discipleship That Fits

    Every now and then I’ll read a book that makes me laugh out loud (i.e. LOL). It’s not often given the books that I tend to read, but when I saw that Sammy Rhodes’ This Is Awkward: How Life’s Uncomfortable Moments Open The Door to Intimacy and Connection was out, I knew it would do the…

  • 2016 Reading Challenge April Update

    Around this time last month, I posted my March Update as part of Tim Challies Reading Challenge. Reading was down slightly this past month, as was blogging (to say the least). Rather than spring training games, it was a week in California that through everything off, but boy was it worth it (still hanging in there…

  • On The Blog in April (Or, Why I’m Not Really Blogging)

    Earlier this year, I started doing an “On The Blog This Month” post. Today would normally be that day. However, I got behind last month on my plans and most likely won’t turn that around this month. There’s a few reasons for this. First off, I probably went to a few too many spring training…

  • 2016 Reading Challenge March Update

    Around this time last month, I posted my February Update as part of Tim Challies Reading Challenge. Reading was down slightly this past month, as was blogging. That was mainly because I had spring break and took advantage of having spring training games in my backyard. That, and I’ve started watching Mad Men. Once again, I have…

  • Why You Should Read My Exodus: From Fear to Grace

    I know I said I don’t post about this often, but I was thinking of writing this long before I received Preston Sprinkle’s book to review. If you’re lost, “this” is a reference to the topic of homosexuality. Along these lines, I’d recommend reading Alan Chambers’ recently released memoir My Exodus: From Fear to Grace. Alan…

  • 2016 Reading Challenge February Update

    Around this time last month, I posted my January Update as part of Tim Challies Reading Challenge. Actually, I’m a little early at this point, but I know going into the weekend what I’ll finish up. Also, I was having trouble getting my thoughts together for a review post. I have a slightly more annotated list…

  • What If I Only Read 100 Books This Year?

    Realistically, this probably won’t happen. But, since noting the perils of reading too much, I have thought about ways to cut down. In that post I also pointed out Tim Challies Reading Challenge. After giving it a bit of thought, it seemed good to me and the Holy Spirit to give it a shot. I need…

  • The Perils of Reading Too Much

    One of the books I would have read if I had stayed in the doctoral program at SBTS was A. G. Sertillanges’ The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, and Methods (you can download a PDF here). As I’m moving forward toward still doing Ph.D work, I thought I should read all the books that were part…

  • New Blog Feature: Ask Anything Friday

    For the past couple of years, I’ve frequently offered an “Ask Anything Friday” class period for my students. I think it started toward the end of the 2013-2014 school year and then became a regular feature in 14-15. This year, I actually came up with a system for making it more efficient, instead of it…

  • Should You Go To Seminary?

    Shortly before I started this series, Kevin DeYoung posted 7 questions you should ask yourself before you pick a seminary: What do I want to do with a seminary degree? Is the seminary fully committed to the authority of the Bible at every level of the institution? Have you thought about the tradition you want to…