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  • Reflections on Summer’s Passing

    Labor Day is in its twilight, which means summer is officially over. Technically, there are three more weeks. Less technically, this is now the third week of the school year, which by most standards means summer is long gone. Geographically, I live in Florida, so summer is more of a state of mind that never really…

  • Become A Member at Christ and Pop Culture

    A couple of weeks back, I joined Christ and Pop Culture as a staff writer. I’m mainly doing book reviews, but of popular and not necessarily theological works. My first post was on The Power of Habit. Last week, Christ and Pop Culture launched a membership option as a way to show your support. Though…

  • Ph.D Studies at @SBTS Start This Fall

    My wife posted the picture last weekend and I did tweet about it, but I wanted to make a formal announcement. After meeting my adviser and talking with the director of doctoral studies, I’m proud to announce I’ll be starting Ph.D studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary this fall. I was going to say…

  • Weekend @BeesonDivinity in Birmingham

    Over the weekend, I went to the Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. It was my second regional meeting, as I was able to go the Southwest Regional meeting at Dallas my last year there. Unfortunately I’ve failed to make the national meeting, which is more of a big deal. Hopefully this year…

  • Weekend @SBTS in Lousville

    This is Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, just before 8 last Friday morning. There is a set of windows at the bast of the tree that is somewhat centered in the shot. Through those windows is the classroom where I took a Ph.D entrance exam. Taking the exam is no real guarantee you’ll get in. It’s…

  • Young(er) Wayne Grudem Writes John Frame A Letter

    I love a good vintage theology book. Vintage, in this usage, means late 70’s or early 80’s, and I’m mainly talking about cover aesthetics. The particularly book pictured even comes with sweet character sketches of each of the authors before their respective essays. We’re talking about back when D. A. Carson had a mustache and…

  • 3 Ways To Fight “Book Lust”

    It’s been about 3 years since I started regularly reviewing books on my blog. I’ve read a good many books in that time span. Along the way, I’ve had to make several course corrections and still continue to do so. When it comes down to it though, most of the course corrections can be boiled…

  • One Resolution to Rule Them All

    Looking back at last year’s resolutions, I would say I did a fair job of realizing them. If you’re curious, here’s what they were: I say all this as a setup for for my list, which as it stands, is just a bunch of abstractions: Be more thankful Pray more Spend less $$ on books…

  • How I Organize My Reading

    I’m very overdue for a post on reading and reviewing books. I spent most of December reviewing books, so that’s probably why. If you’re keeping score at home, the last post was on the bibliographic details. Before that, I explained the three types of book reviews I typically do. For other posts, you can check…

  • Sunday Night School: The Plan For 2014

    I’ve probably mentioned this before, but our current church meets at a YMCA gym. The Y is super cool about everything and really likes having us there. We’ve even expanded to 2 Sunday morning services and have frequent partnership classes on Sunday nights after the Y closes. The one thing that is missing, is Sunday…