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  • Developing A Consistent Prayer Life

    [This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] If you’re like me, you struggle to pray. That may be somewhat surprising, but I have had a hard time establishing a consistent prayer life. Master of theology notwithstanding, a good habit of daily prayer is something I have struggled to maintain. So naturally, that’s a good…

  • Reshaping Christian Habits

    [This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] As part of my 90-day challenge, I am trying to refocus on habit building. Most of this actually ends up focusing on habit deconstruction before reconstruction. Since most of the 90-day challenge hinges on this basic activity, I thought I’d post on it a few times…

  • Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching To Yourself

    Note to Self is a deceptively simple book. The first 10 pages explain the subtitle (why we need the discipline of preaching to ourselves), but then the rest of the book is actual “notes” to help you start regularly preaching to yourself. This is nothing short of genius. While a slim book (it shouldn’t take…

  • Rain Men in the Church

    Everybody has seen Rain Man. Actually that’s not true. I’ve never seen it completely. I’ve seen enough to get the gist of it, though the only scene I can visibly recall is the one where Tom Cruise uses Dustin Hoffman’s supreme ability to remember and recall in order to make bank at blackjack. Hoffman’s character,…

  • Metaphorically Thinking: Arguments

    Yesterday, I asked what metaphor we might use to conceptually structure our idea of arguments. With a little reflection, the answer should be clear: Argument is war. Pulling from Metaphors We Live By, consider how we tend to talk about arguments: Your claims are indefensible He attacked every weak point in my argument His criticisms were…

  • The Greener Grass Conspiracy

    Paperback: 144pgs Publisher: Crossway Books (April 7, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1433521156 Westminster Amazon Thanks to Crossway for providing an advance review copy of this book! I haven’t yet mastered the art of embedding videos, so here’s the link to the trailer for this book: “Greener Grass Conspiracy” Trailer – Stephen Altrogge Stephen Altrogge is a pastor…

  • Marriage Matters

    Paperback: 304pgs Publisher: New Growth Press (October, 18, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1935273612 Westminster Amazon Monergism Thanks a lot to New Growth Press for providing this review copy of Marriage Matters! I’ve read a few books on marriage now that I’m actually married (notably The Mystery of Marriage and What Did You Expect?) but I…

  • Cruciform Press

    Back in February, I started an eBook subscription to Cruciform Press. They offer either print or eBook and when you subscribe you get a book at the beginning of each month. The books are short, but pack a punch for practical applications. You can get a free sampler of their books here. Their newest book, Cruciform: Living…

  • The Four Year Track

    I’ve got a theory about seminary. I am thinking it works much like undergrad, especially when you are in a 4 year degree program like the Th.M. Basically it would look something like this: 1st year = if not overwhelmed by everything, you are at least not yet pretentious about how much you know 2nd…

  • Throwing Around the “B” Word

    Awhile ago, in a class my second semester here at Dallas, the prof went off on a tangent about how we use the adjective “biblical.” Certainly evangelicals strive to be biblical, be a part of biblical community as my church calls it, or  possibly to even think biblically and recover a Christian worldview. However, the biblical…