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Rules vs. Virtue

The Unfortunate Cost of Rule-Following Alone

Posted on November 19, 2025

I want to begin with a confession. I did not grow up with a Classical Education. I did not have house groups, identifying me with Augustine, Carey, Edwards, or Tolkien. I had mascots, which meant I was a Roadrunner, a Rattler, and a Bruin. Nor did I did not grow... [Read More]
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Worth Considering

Posted on October 17, 2025

Issue number eight of Mere Orthodoxy arrived in the mail this week and I was greeted with some wisdom from T.S. Elliot. [Read More]
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- poetry
- quietness
What is Your First Thought of God as Your Father?

Seeing The Father As Full of Love For Us

Posted on September 7, 2022

I recently picked up a book I have read before but is worth reading again and again. Owen should be read slowly, thoughtfully, and repeatedly for there is so much good fruit to glean from his writings. [Read More]
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- books
- John Owen
- Assurance
- theology
Pulling Up My Anxiety By the Roots

How the obsession for control is the fertilizer of our anxious cares

Posted on January 20, 2021

Do not be anxious about anything. [Read More]
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- anxiety
Reading the Psalms Theologically

Posted on January 19, 2021

Matthew Emerson has written a really helpful article on reading the Psalms theologically. He makes the point that it is pretty easy to love particular psalms (like Psalm 23 or Psalm 1), but the better question is how can we grow in our love for the Psalter as a whole?... [Read More]
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- theology
- hermeneutics
6 Reasons a Church Plant Will Fail

Lessons Learned Along The Way

Posted on January 17, 2019

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]
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- church
- leadership

Older Posts

Rules vs. Virtue

The Unfortunate Cost of Rule-Following Alone

Worth Considering

What is Your First Thought of God as Your Father?

Seeing The Father As Full of Love For Us

Pulling Up My Anxiety By the Roots

How the obsession for control is the fertilizer of our anxious cares

Reading the Psalms Theologically

6 Reasons a Church Plant Will Fail

Lessons Learned Along The Way