Random Nerd 11.28.08: Thank an Engineer (3)

How Big Is Your God?

I love to theologize (spell checker didn’t like that one).  One of the things about God that has always captured my mind is his providence.  God’s providence is how we grab a hold of God’s continuing work and action in the world preserving, maintaining, and guiding his creation with respect to his intended purposes.
I was [...]

Merciful and Gracious

I was blessed with the opportunity to preach up at Coram Deo in Omaha over the weekend.  They’re in the middle of a series on the attributes of God and I preached from Exodus 34:1-9 on God as merciful and gracious.
It was a great trip and we met a lot of great people.  I’m really [...]

To Omaha We Go

The family and I are off to catch a flight to Omaha this morning.  I’ll be preaching at Coram Deo in the downtown area on Sunday morning (9am and 11am).  If you’re in the area, stop on in.  The church meets in Suckau Chapel right off of 10th and Pine.

Life Check: Marriage

Challenging words for me today from the Desiring God blog in a post called Giving Time to Your Wife. Quite timely in my little world. I’d encourage husbands to give it a read.
In other timely news, my wife and I watched (via vodcast) Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church) preach an extremely practical sermon last [...]

Random Nerd 11.21.08: Thank an Engineer (2)

Obama on Faith

At lunch today I read an interview that Cathleen Falsani conducted back in 2004 with now President-elect Obama.  As I read through the interview I felt saddened.  Not just for the responses of Mr. Obama (I gave up on the hopes of having a Christian as president in 2009 when Mike Huckabee dropped out of [...]

Victory Laps – What Are You Celebrating?

I don’t think we celebrate enough.  Does that sound weird?  I was thinking about this last night and I’ve concluded it’s true: we don’t celebrate enough.  What got me started on this thought line was none other than my three-year old, Iris.
Yesterday, because of some things that God is up to in our life, my [...]

Random Nerd 11.14.08: Thank an Engineer

I need to bring back Random Nerd Fridays.  This one cracked me up.  Thank God for iPods?  No – thank engineers.

Is Your Church a Religious Cushion

Conn and Ortiz quoting C. John Miller back in the 80s:
The local church was intended by Jesus to be a gathering of people full of faith–strong in their confidence in him–not a gathering of religious folk who desperately need reassurance.  Perhaps seeking personal comfort is not wrong in itself.  But it is desperately wrong when [...]

I Hate My Computer

It’s time for another Random Nerd post.
I hate my computer.  It takes forever to boot-up and so I was happy to read this nerdy article that one of my co-nerds sent me.  Here’s the intro:
“Researchers at HP Labs have built the first working prototypes of an important new electronic component that may lead to instant-on [...]

An Old Prayer

A prayer of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153):
“O Lord, come quickly and reign on Thy throne, for now often something rises up within me and tries to take possession of Thy throne; pride, covetousness, uncleanness, and sloth want to be my kings; and then evil speaking, anger, hatred, and the whole train of [...]

Steeping in James 3:1-12

It’s been a while since I’ve made a post in the Steeping in James series.  I’ve gotten over-busy and have let it slide.  Hopefully, I’m back on track now.
This week we’re looking at James 3:1-12 and the topic of taming the tongue.  The corresponding pages from Douglas Moo’s TNTC Commentary on James are 118-130.
Reflections:

3:1 ought [...]

Driscoll on the Presidential Election

Mark Driscoll, pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, posted some helpful thoughts over on the Resurgence blog regarding today’s presidential election.
Read the whole post here titled, In God We Do Not Trust.
My favorite excerpts:

First, people are longing for a savior who will atone for their sins. In this election, people thirst for a savior [...]

Early on Your Knees

No man can do a great and enduring work for God who is not a man of prayer, and no man can be a man of prayer who does not give much time to praying.
The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters [...]

Church in Context

Last night and today, I’m at Covenant Theological Seminary taking a weekend course on Church in Context: Gospel in the City.  The topics we’re covering are really helpful and practical stuff in the exploration of some of the specifics of doing church in the city.  The list of topics are as follows:

Cities: A Background
Globalization and [...]