Category Archives: Faith

Things I Want to Remember, Vol. 9

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jason

Last night, our Bible story was about God’s promise to Abraham that the Messiah would come from his descendants. The kids asked what “Messiah” meant; I told them it meant Jesus was sent from God, that He was God’s “anointed … Continue reading →

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A Pessimist’s Take on Hope

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Jason

My Dad was a pretty negative guy. When I was growing up, I could never go to my friends’ swimming parties. When I asked why, my Dad would say, “Because you don’t know how to swim.” “How am I supposed … Continue reading →

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The Sermon on the Mount 14

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Jason

You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the … Continue reading →

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Easter Thoughts: Resurrection

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Jason

Today I had the opportunity to worship at my “home church”, College Hills in Lebanon, Tennessee. When you’re in full time ministry, there aren’t a lot of opportunities to go back “home” for Sunday service; in my 10+ years of … Continue reading →

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Easter Thoughts: Good Friday

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Jason

Today has been a messy day. The kids woke up early and trashed the play room; books and cars and Legos and dolls all over the place. Sunny reconciled the checkbook only to find out that we’d been overcharged by … Continue reading →

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Easter Thoughts: Sacrifice

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jason

Surrendering ourselves to love God is not giving things up for God so much as giving ourselves to God. — Scot McKnight, The Jesus Creed To be a Christian is to live sacrificially. To say it differently, the Christian accepts … Continue reading →

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Easter Thoughts: Barrenness

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Jason

The Gospel is the story of God’s work to bring life into barren places, a theme that bookends the Christ narrative. The wilderness of Mary’s barren womb is miraculously transformed into a repository for God’s most precious gift: the child, … Continue reading →

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How Should We Read the Bible?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jason

Reading scripture is one of the most important disciplines of the Christian life. Robert Mulholland, Jr. has written extensively about two different approaches to reading scripture. The first is reading is “informational”; that is, we read scripture to learn more … Continue reading →

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The Vertical Self

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Jason

Who am I? In The Vertical Self, Mark Sayers contends that we are experiencing a cultural shift unprecedented in human history. For millennia, humanity has been understood vertically; that is, in light of the revelation that every man, woman, and … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Jason

My resolution was to try and write a little bit each day. But honestly, with all that’s been going on over the past few days, writing about some of the things I normally write about — music, sports, stories about … Continue reading →

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