Equipping Timothys to Do the Work of Evangelists
Imagine that you live in a house with electricity in only one room. You call it “the electricity room.” You go there whenever you need to do something that requires…
Weaving Evangelism into Discipleship
Introduction There are two groups of people in the world – those on the inside of the church and those on the outside. Another way of looking at this is…
An Ex-Klansman and a Jew Walk into a Deli
I'm delighted to tell you about a recent book written by my friend Tom Tarrants. It's Consumed by Hate: Redeemed by Love - How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion…
An Artistic Approach to Spiritual Growth, conclusion
My delay in concluding this series on Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci comes from my not knowing how best to comment on the remaining lessons from the…
Are Millennials Really That Bad?
I’m taking a break from my series on art to address a question I’ve been asked several times in just the past few days. Because I speak and write…
An Artistic Approach to Spiritual Growth, part 3
I’m exploring observations Walter Isaacson has made about Leonardo da Vinci’s creativity. I'm applying them to Christian discipleship. I want to apply four of them to the specific task of…
An Artistic Approach to Spiritual Growth, part 2
In my previous blog, I listed twenty lessons Walter Isaacson highlighted at the end of his study of Leonardo Da Vinci. In this blog, I want to comment on three…
An Artistic Approach to Spiritual Growth, part 1
Not too long ago I read Walter Isaacson’s bestselling Leonardo Da Vinci, a well-crafted account of the genius’ life and work. Isaacson explores and illumines fine details about advances in…
Science Uber Alles
I recently toured a botanical garden. I loved the array of colors and shapes. In fact, I marveled at the diversity of shades of just one color - green. I…
The Shape of Books, part 3
I’ve been writing about how individual books of the Bible hit us as readers. I’m trying to process something different than what might first be addressed in commentaries – the…