• 4 Minute Read A few weeks ago, I introduced you to my colleague Dr. Andrew Gabriel by reviewing his new book Simply Spirit-Filled. To give you a better taste of the book, enjoy this excerpt from Simply Spirit-Filled below. A couple of days after we buried our stillborn baby, God spoke to my wife. It …
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To Be Simply Spirit-Filled
• 4 Minute Read New Experiences Being slain in the Spirit, speaking in tongues, and healing are not part of my everyday vocabulary. Nor, for that matter, are they part of my everyday practice. Not that I view these practices as unimportant or unnecessary. They just haven’t been a significant part of my relationship …
How Will You React to Jesus? A Lenten Reflection
• 4 Minute Read A few weeks ago, I was preparing a sermon on Mark 14:1-11, where Jesus is anointed by an unnamed woman at Bethany during Holy Week. This Markan text is a rich character study: there is the unnamed woman who so generously and lavishly anoints Jesus, giving to him in his …
This Compelling Jesus
• 5 Minute Read Recently, I was chatting with one of my professors from college. He shared with me how he was preaching through 1 Peter. I responded by saying that I had been doing a fair amount of guest preaching as of late, at various churches in the area. I told him that, …
The Poisonwood Bible and Me
• 4 Minute Read The Mark of a Good Book If you asked me to recommend a theology book, it is quite probable that I will emphatically ask: “Have you read Miroslav Volf’s Exclusion and Embrace? No? You HAVE to. It’s a game changer!” So emphatic is this answer that I wrote a previous …
Who Said That?: ἐγώ εἰμί (I Am) in John’s Gospel
• 5 Minute Read Nothing spells summer fun quite like a Greek reading group, right? The scene: Friday morning, 7:30 am. A coffee shop in the south end of Regina. Three people sit down to cups of tea, armed with Greek New Testaments and a lexicon. Let the fun begin! I am by no …
Ten Things I Learned at Seminary
• 8 Minute Read [Kurt Note: This is one of the most helpful reflections about one’s experience in seminary that I’ve read. The ideas in this piece, apply to many arenas of life, even if you never go to seminary yourself!] I remember my first seminary class: The Trinity in Theology, History, and Discipleship. …
Exclusion and Embrace: Reconciliation with Enemies Two Decades Later
• 5 Minute Read On December 1, 1996, Miroslav Volf released his poignant and powerful Exclusion and Embrace. At the time, I was three years old (much too young to offer a review of such heavy reading!). So now, two decades later, it is time for me to review this important book that has …