Calvin on Augustine on God’s Will vs. Ours

I’ve been slowly processing my way through Calvin’s Institutes this year.  This morning, I drew to a close Book 1 which means I’m about 237 pages in.  Book 1 ends with Calvin’s discussion on providence.  I found Calvin’s quoting of Augustine especially mind-bending and helpful this morning.  I encourage you to read through this slowly [...]

3.22.09 Sermon Audio

Last Sunday I had the opportunity to preach at Summit where I’m completing a church planter residency.  I preached from from Acts 8:26-40 and the audio is now available.  You can get it off the Summit website here. I also posted it on my Sermon Cloud page.

Random Nerd 3.27.09 – iPod Fun

No, I have not yet made the plunge myself for an iPhone but I feel the day drawing near.  Still saving…
In the mean time, check out this motivating video.  For all those on the brink of buying an iPhone, let this nudge you past the tipping point.
BTW: did the girl who does the intro win [...]

Men: Lead at Home (7)

Lunch dates are a way for my wife, our kids and I to connect during the week.  My work schedule allows for me to be able to get out of the office for lunch so this is an easy way for us to be intentional about crafting family time into our day during the week.  [...]

Church Planting Interview

A few weeks back, my friend Trey Herweck from the Refuge interviewed me with respect to church planting as a part of sermon series they were starting up on Colossians.
See the interview here.

Happy 30th

Happy birthday, Meghan!  Today my wife turns the big 30 and I get to gloat for another 13 months until I do the same.  Pending any sick kids, we’ll be heading out for dinner tonight as a family where Iris, Lydia, and I will surprise her with our gifts.

What’s Changing the World?

Reformed theology gets a nod in the latest issue of Time Magazine in a story titled, 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now.  Here’s there top ten:

Jobs Are the New Assets
Recycling the Suburbs
The New Calvinism
Reinstating the Interstate
Amortality
Africa, Business Destination
The Rent-a-Country
Biobanks
Survival Stores
Ecological Intelligence

Nightstand Update

I’ve gotten lazy about keeping my Nighstand sidebar updated but I finally got to it today.  Since I’ve been so lazy, here are a few books that I finished recently that either came off the sidebar or never made it on to begin with:

Broken All to Pieces

I am doing some reading on Psalm 51 last week and came across this section of a sermon preached by Charles Spurgeon over a century ago.  I read it out loud to Meg one night as we were reading in bed.  Her response: “Isn’t it funny how it’s always the same…how nothing ever really changes.”
“There [...]

Men: Lead at Home (6)

Last week I posted some thoughts on individual prayer and prayer with my wife.  Today I’ll focus on prayer in the family.  Some of the things we do as a family to keep focused on Jesus include a morning breakfast bible story, praying together at meals, and praying together at bedtime.
Our schedule is currently such [...]