A personal account of the death of my grandma, and of a crisis of faith.
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Girl on a Swing, Winslow Homer. Public domain.
Shameless Virtue
An article about putting Christ at the center of any effort to become virtuous.
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When I want to know God better through Bible study, my biggest, best aids are often my own confusions. They're like big, heavy keys that can unlock new roomfulls of God's piercing and guiding light. They’re like maps to buried jewels that I’ve never seen before. They're like signed, sealed guarantees that I'm not just making a god of my own ideas. By returning to my ignorance, I have hope that I can grow.
I collect them, my biblical confusions, like gemstones, marking my Bible's margins up with question marks. That's the number one mark in my Bible, a question mark. I think that's a very good thing.
The Ascension, Anton Mengs, 1755-1766. Image in the public domain.
Ascension Day - Christ's Kind Absence
A sermon that tries to puzzle out why it was better for Christ to leave us, when it would be so, so good, to have him here.
Preached on May 17, 2012 at Redeemer Church in La Mirada, CA.
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The Return of the Prodigal Son, Venetian School. Public domain.
The Prodigal's Brother
Comments on Luke 15:25-31, and a call to reject any view of righteousness that suggests it causes its specific rewards.
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Lucifero, Francesco Scaramuzza. Public domain.
Satan is Boring: Thoughts on Dante's Inferno
A short essay comparing Dante’s description of Satan at the end of Inferno to his description of God at the end of Paradiso. From notes taken during the 2012 Metathon, a weekend intensive on Dante’s Divine Comedy, led by Dr. Al Geier.
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