It’s very easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless these days. It seems like everyday we turn on the television, get on the internet or listen to the radio, we are confronted with the latest issues plaguing our world. Whether natural disasters, radical Islamic terrorism, mass shootings, or domestic social/political unrest, one is regularly informed with […]Read more "The World To Come"
Today my son Sebastian turned six months old. I marvel at how fast the time flew by. It’s truly remarkable. It feels like just yesterday we were returning home from the hospital and I was thinking about how life would be different from this point on. Wow, I guess when life gets busy it is […]Read more "SEBASTIAN: LIFE BEGETTING LIFE"
One day we move and leave this place, and enter a world with a friendly face. Once felt abused, once felt betrayed, but now no more, all this will fade. A journey home, a journey back, A city full of all that lacked. The streets are gold, the sky is blue, Never have you seen […]Read more "ETERNITY"
Evil is so pervasive in our world. From international terrorism, human trafficking, genocidal abortion, to mass shootings, sexual exploitation and domestic racism, it seems like each day reveals more and more of how tragic our world has become. It’s hard to ignore what I see or read in the media. Last week seeing the news […]Read more "Paul’s Eschatology: The Triumph of God"
Is virtue something one is naturally born with or is it something that one learns to develop throughout life? When our culture hears that word virtue, we tend to think it simply means, “being good,” or “doing what you are told,” or “someone who just obeys the rules.” But the ancient world knew that virtue […]Read more "Virtue: Nature or Nurture?"
German theologian Jürgen Moltmann has been regarded as one of the most influential Protestant theologians of his generation, particularly for his work concerning Christian eschatology. Moltmann became widely known after the publication of his first work Theology of Hope. He later followed this up with The Crucified God and The Church in the Power of the Spirit. For Moltmann, […]Read more "Jürgen Moltmann and His Theology"
Throughout the years there have been a handful of books that have proven to be monumental in shaping my faith as a Christian. These books include St. Augustine’s The Confessions, Thomas à Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, John Calvin’s The Institutes of the Christian Religion, C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity and Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy. Although these books were nothing short […]Read more "HOW GOD BECAME KING BY N.T. WRIGHT"