Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there who dress up like Batman 🙂
Month: June 2014
The Case Of The Empty Tomb
My good friend Joe Heschmeyer will soon be abandoning the United States in order to complete his final seminary studies at the North American College (NAC) in Rome. Â Given the recent World Cup defeat of the England at the hands of the Italians, I take this as an extremely personal betrayal.
Fortunately for Joe, I’ve decided to forgive him and post the talk he gave recently on the subject of the Resurrection:
If you’d like to see the rest of the presentation and read his notes, they’re available here.
Friday Frivolity: St. Anthony (Hammer of Heretics)
Today is the Feast Day of St. Anthony of Padua. St. Anthony is the 13th Century Saint who is the patron of finding lost articles. He’s also one of the several Saints in history known as the “Hammer of Heretics”. Here’s the best the Internet has to offer…
A little update
Life has been a little busy recently with lots of travelling so I’m rather behind with writing more substantial posts, sorry. I think that should change by the end of the month and I can start knocking out all the posts which are currently 90% complete.
Oh, and if you’re in Seattle this week, then please come to my Theology On Tap talk tomorrow on “Reading The Bible For All Its Worth”. I’m very excited 🙂
Naming Names
Have you ever noticed that no names are mentioned in the story of the prodigal son? There is a good reason. There’s not enough room for all who qualify
– Lifestories
Tattoo Follow-Up
Last week I shared links to two other blog posts which discussed the issue of Christians getting tattoos. Needless to say, there was quite a lively discussion on my Facebook page! In the discussion, quite a few of my Christian friends shared the stories behind their tattoos and, despite my personal dislike of tattoos, I found the whole things fascinating so I thought it might be a nice idea to do something of a follow-up post…
So, if you are a Christian and have a tattoo, please contact me. I’d invite you to send me a picture of your tattoo, together with a little bit of the story behind it. I’ll then collect them all into a post for next week 🙂
Music Monday: Love you with the truth
When it comes to the truth, we should not stay silent. However, we also should not condemn or speak evil. Instead we should, paraphrasing Ephesians 4:15, seek to “speak truth in love”. One of my favourite bands, Casting Crowns, recently released a new album that contains a song which encapsulates this sentiment perfectly, “Love you with the truth”:
For the longest time, I believed the lie
That I’m not a strong enough believer
To be the friend that can take your hand
And lead you straight to Jesus
I’m waiting on the preachers, singers, and the teachers
To string the perfect words together
But every single time I have to say goodbye
I wonder will this be the last time
I can’t call myself your friend and walk away
When we love, we earn the right to speak the truth
When we speak truth, we show the world we truly love
I’m not pointing my finger, I’m holding out my hand
I lay it all on the line now to see God save my friend
Let my life and my words be the proof
I’m gonna love you with the truth
Gonna love you with the truth
Yes, God is love, but God is just
And we are separated in our darkness
So God let Him who knew no sin
To become sin to make us right with Him
Its not about religion or earning Gods forgiveness
Or magic prayers or new behavior
Its all about your heart, Hell meet you where you are
Turn from your sin and trust in Christ as Lord
Jesus is the truth, the life, the way
How I’ve prayed for this moment, that you would finally see
That God is more than religion, a stained-glass fantasy
And how Ive prayed for the courage, for my silent faith to speak
Or that God would just send you a better friend than me