Welcome to my blog. I mostly write about Christian Living, but I enjoy the Kentucky Wildcats, New Orleans Saints, and a good cup of coffee.
Hard things in life happen. The question is not will they happen to you, but when will they? When they do happen, how will you respond? How do you make sense of these hard things when you believe in a God who is good? Joy in the Sorrow aims to help you think through some of these things.
Adoption is a topic that has become near and dear to my wife and I’s heart. Since being married, we have had the hunch that adoption is in our future. We’ve known people who have been adopted and spent considerable time with them. Even more, adoption is a visible picture of what God does for us in Christ.
When I first heard about Reader’s Bibles I was pretty skeptical. I wasn’t sure that I would find a Bible that doesn’t have chapter or verse numbers useful. The truth is, with my first Reader’s Bible, I let it sit on the shelf for quite some time before I ever really gave it a chance. However, when I finally gave it that chance, I enjoyed the experience much more than I anticipated…
When was the last time you were completely in awe of God? When was the last time that you just felt floored by his hugeness, his magnitude, and his otherness? As humans, we often want to bring God down to our level. We want to be able to explain everything about him or we try and make him fit into our categories rather than realizing that he is a category in himself. This is one of the reasons I love to frequently visit the book of Job.
I’m a slow reader by anyone’s measure. I’m not the person who can finish a book in a day. I am the person who may have to re-read a paragraph two or three times to get it. Sometimes reading can feel like work.
As a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I consider Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (our seminary president) a very wise man. I always appreciate his application of a biblical worldview to current events on his podcast called The Briefing and I take the opportunities I can to glean from his wisdom in the things he writes. That’s why I was excited to have the opportunity to review his new commentary Acts 13-28 For You from The Good Book Company.
Zombie movies and shows fascinate me. I’m honestly not sure the allure, but I enjoy them for some odd reason. I enjoy comedies so I saw Zombieland several times. I was hooked on The Walking Dead for quite a while. The one that really freaked me out was World War Z. When you take Zombies and make them fast then you have a truly scary combination…
Having a portable Bible that goes with you doesn’t have to mean sacrificing quality construction. In fact, I would argue that one of the better reasons to own a Bible constructed from premium materials is that it is durable and is built to last. That being said, if you’re going to invest, which is the right one for you?
Over the weekend, my family and I went to a nice, little town in Tennessee for a birthday celebration. It wasn’t a perfect trip, but no trip ever is. We had a good time. We visited a pumpkin patch and ate a lot of good food. We stayed in a really nice house. Naturally, we documented all of this with pictures and several of them ended up on Instagram….
Many people like to think that the God of the Old Testament is very different from the God of the New Testament. They seem to think the God of the Old Testament was full of anger, wrath, and justice while the God of the New Testament is loving, kind, merciful, and gracious. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth…
Schuyler is a name I see more and more in the premium Bible market. Their Quentel, which is offered in many translations, may be their best selling Bible. However, their Personal Size Quentel may be right behind when it comes to popularity…
Being a manly man who leads, sacrifices, and loves is becoming a lost art. Our culture’s production of boys who can shave is at an all time high. The numbers show that male leaders in the church are diminishing and it seems that discipleship for men is at a low…
