Field Notes

I’m 0–2 in church planting. That’s right, of the two church plants I have helped start, I have also been the last guy standing, turning out the lights, and locking the door one final time. Now granted, the second of these church plants actually became a full-fledged church, the kind... [Read More]

A few years back, I took up the habit of writing down the books I read throughout the year. I know there are services out there intended to do this, but I always found them to be more cumbersome than helpful. In part, I wanted to measure my reading habits... [Read More]

The historic creeds of the Christian church have always served a vital role, but I would argue we need them now more than ever. Modern-day evangelical Christianity is facing a crisis of identity, and if we are to survive, creeds and confessions must play a central part. [Read More]

At the heart of the gospel lies the radical proclamation that God justifies the ungodly.1 To make such a claim would seem impossible, even blasphemous, was it not announced in the Scriptures themselves. Romans 4:5 ↩ [Read More]