Forgiveness: What if He Isn’t Sorry?
Here’s what we’ve discovered from the New Testament so far. I’ll just rehearse the principles, not the passages. But it’s important to remember that these …
Book Reviews: Proven Counsel for the Family
Gouge, William. Building a Godly Home: Volume 1, A Holy Vision for Family Life. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage, 2013 ($9 on Kindle). This is the …
Ugh. School. How to Make This Year Count.
The most spiritual thing you can do this school year is to love the Lord your God with all your mind. You’re not working for a piece of paper. You’re getting an education the Lord can use to open doors for His glory, the rest of your days.
Book Reviews: Blame It on the Brain? and Original Sin: A Cultural History
Brian Collins reviews Ed Welch’s Blame It on the Brain? and Alan Jacobs’ Original Sin: A Cultural History
Parenting: Have We Lost Our Way?
There are some things you’ll never understand until you live them. Cross-cultural adjustment is one. When we moved to the Philippines a little less than …
Rooted Thinking Is Looking for Another Team Member
In the last six months since Rooted Thinking began, reader response has been very positive—so positive, in fact, that the technical needs of the website have …
What About When It’s Hard to Forgive?
Principle 1: Whenever the offender genuinely confesses and asks forgiveness, I am obligated to grant it fully and freely. The second time the topic of …
Book Review on The Contested Public Square: The Crisis of Christianity and Politics
Forster, Greg. The Contested Public Square: The Crisis of Christianity and Politics. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2008. Greg Forster’s The Contested Public Square is a readable, …
We Need More Christian Role Models
Which statement sounds more spiritual to you? A. “Don’t follow me. Just follow Jesus.” B. “Watch me, and do what I do.” Obviously, the first …
Missionaries at My Door
It’s early evening and you’re sitting down for dinner when the doorbell rings. Standing on your porch are two combed-over 19-year-olds brandishing short-sleeved, white dress shirts, poorly-knotted ties, and black rectangular name tags. Dinner’s getting cold, the kids are growing impatient, and now you get to deal with the Mormons!