I hadn’t checked into any photography-related sites for a while, so I thought I’d check in on some of the latest discussions. It turns out that Olympus just this week announced an update of their flagship line of camera bodies (the E-M1). The latest iteration available later this month is the E-M1 Mark III. It […]
So, a little over a year ago, I started diving deeper into studying God’s word, and the things of faith in general. Since then, I’ve been slowly building a theological library, almost entirely of used books – for the most part gently used (but, sadly, not always) – that I’ve found for cheap. I’ve stumbled […]
As 2020 is still unfolding, I’m trying something new for my devotional time in the morning. For most of 2019 I used Oswald Chambers’ ‘My Utmost For His Highest’ and Tim Keller’s daily devotional on the Psalms. This year, as part of my goal to engage scripture more consistently, I’m taking a stab at scripture […]
Christ Jesus…being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death […]
I almost never watch the local news (and I avoid cable news, since I can almost feel myself getting dumber every second I spend watching it). But one evening this week I turned on the local news during dinner. I took note of two back-to-back car commercials. One was a national commercial for Honda, replete […]
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge (Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10). Our human tendency is to read into Scripture whatever we want to find there, whether to justify our behavior or to confirm what we have already been taught by our church, our tradition, or by other teachers we look […]
Many years ago I subscribed to a relatively new magazine called ‘Relevant’. Though I haven’t subscribed in years, its purpose was – and still is – to examine the intersection of faith and popular culture, with the underlying vibe that faith needs to stay in step with the culture. (The original tag line of the […]
I have some old Bible study software, made for Windows 98, called Quickverse. It was always a little clunky to use, but it came with a big bundle of electronic resources (commentaries, dictionaries, etc.), a small fraction of which are actually quite useful. Those documents are in a format called STEP (Standard Template for Electronic […]
I can, at times, be slow on the uptake. I’ve been on this Christian journey, with varying degrees of intentionality, since 1985. The past couple of years have been a bit of a wilderness experience, and the past 9-10 months, especially, have been a time of refining. Though I’d opened it occasionally over many years, […]
A much needed corrective for the Joel Osteens of the world, and their misguided followers. (And, if I’m honest, for me as well.) “He that believes in Me…out of him shall flow….” (John 7:38) Jesus did not say — “he that believes in Me shall realize the blessing of the fullness of God,” but — […]