I’m sure you’ve heard the reports that social media is making us more lonely. You can probably confirm this statistic in your own experience. In an article for the latest issue of Modern Reformation magazine (May-June, 2013) titled “Alien Authenticity,” Ethan Richardson explores this phenomenon, along with the insatiable longing we have for our every [...]
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Why This Odd Fella Can Be Hard to Love
Have you ever learned or taught a spiritual truth, only to then be challenged by it and fail? Just this weekend, I was deeply moved as I was typing these words for something else I am working on, “Sanctification is not about becoming a so-called better Christian; it is about knowing Christ better.” I typed [...]
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Every now and then a Facebook post will get ya. Kristie Anyabwile posted this just yesterday (it may be a quote form Nancy DeMoss, as she was tagged in it): “Children will often cultivate an appetite for that which they know claims the true affections of their parents.” It was a penetrating statement, so I [...]
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Our culture seems to have an obsession with mediated devices. I like to think that I’m still young until I remember my college days, driving around with a clunking car phone reserved only for emergencies. Although less sophisticated, even then we had a proclivity for mediated devices. I thought I was so cool as a [...]
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Sometimes we may think that we are the only ones that “get it.” Or, maybe those in our small circle or coalition. Rarely do we think the older generations have the insight that we have developed. We can easily begin thinking this way when it comes to the biblical understanding of sexuality. This weekend I [...]
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Carl R. Trueman, Histories and Fallacies (Crossway, 2010) Did you ever read a book on sanctification or the Christian life and become awakened to a whole new host of sins that you didn’t even know you were committing? Well, this book had that same effect on me with historical misdemeanors. As Trueman was introducing fallacies such [...]
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I can’t seem to keep up with the latest health food trends. It’s exhausting. Back in college when I gained that unhelpful freshman weight, the diet craze was to go high carbs and low-fat. Bagel shops were popping up everywhere. So I exercised my butt off (literally) and ate bagels, cereal, and pasta with my [...]
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Oh you know what I’m talking about—the coveted table. The exclusive table. Maybe there was a time in your life (hopefully not past middle or high school) that you measured your own status by whether or not you sat amongst the cool. Although, it’s not like the food was any different at the cool table. [...]
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This repost is kind of a eulogy. If only I knew I was pulling my last espresso shot… This is a picture of my beloved, Ma Lady. She is a Gaggia Achille lever espresso machine (Insert Tim-the-tool-man grunting). Every morning I long to see her face and flip on her switch. I know her intimately: the [...]
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It came in the mail while I was working out. Just sitting in that little box, sheltered from the wind, my new treasure was waiting to be discovered. I hate the wind. So when we were through with our side-plank-weighted-arm-raise-craziness, I sent out my obliging husband to see what the mailman brought us today. “Your [...]
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