Confusion Between Kingdoms

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As I mentioned several weeks ago, I’m revisiting Tim Keller’s ‘Songs of Jesus’ as a source for my morning devotions in 2021. For the past week, I’ve been reflecting on Psalm numbers in the mid-30s, and I’ve had one of those rare (for me, anyway) moments of confluence, of understanding, of “Oh wow, I think […]

Fall Into the Flood

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Back in 2012, singer-songwriter Kate York released a little-known Christian-themed EP called ‘New’, which I believe was available only via iTunes. I even made an exception to my policy of not buying music from Apple’s proprietary, walled garden ecosytem in order to get it. This is my favorite track from that EP.

The Allure of Convenience

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Professor & author Alan Jacobs recently made the decision to do something I’ve considered multiple times before: stop doing business with Amazon. Jacobs, a professor at Baylor and formerly at Wheaton College, has been on my radar since the mid-90’s through his appearances on the Mars Hill Audio Journal. He’s a thoughtful writer who examines […]

And so the Judgment begins

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  The images and footage of the rioters who stormed the capital this past week were incontrovertible evidence that politics, including loyalties to political figures and unquestioning belief in conspiracy theories, is a full-on religion for people on the political right as well as the political left. Human beings are wired to believe in something […]