March 5, 2023 The Italian Reformation’s Legacy of Small Groups It may come as a surprise to learn that small groups, that is, men and women gathering to study Scripture and to enjoy fellowship…
January 13, 2023 We Need Renewal There is one thing on which most Christians today agree–we need genuine renewal. Faced with rising violence, economic recession, and a growing sense of…
December 12, 2022 The Texture of Advent It was among the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. Following an exposition of Matthew 2 in which I explained the typological significance…
November 28, 2022 Looking for God in All the Wrong Places Our Advent series for the season centers on “Longing.” All people have longings—even Christians. This is especially true during Advent when we consider the…
November 19, 2022 The Gospel According to La Bohème You’ll probably not be surprised to hear that I have a particular passion for Italian art and artists, even though I make no claim…
November 13, 2022 The Kingdom Has a Speed The kingdom has a speed. Some have called it a “spiritual speed.” It’s a different speed from the frantic pace we generally maintain in…
November 7, 2022 How to Conquer an Empire without Even Trying Caesarea, a major city of the Roman Empire, had recently been afflicted by famine and war. When the plague hit in the early fourth…
October 24, 2022 Living on the Battlefield “God has called us not to a playground, but to a battlefield.” My friend Scott Mackenzie of Edinburgh stated this while we were in…
August 22, 2022 Thinking for God’s Glory Having said goodbye to my two oldest boys this week who left for a new year at college, I find myself pondering one of…
June 7, 2022 A Time for Lament By now we have heard the horrifying details. An 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself inside a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire, killing…
