Advice for Young Men Choosing a Career
These are only considerations – but I hope that you will consider them deeply, seriously, and prayerfully. The choice in front of you will have life-long implications.
What Is Intersectionality?
Intersectionality is a major idea today, so it is important to understand the term.
Italy, Part 2
During the 17th and 18th centuries, many young men went on a ‘Grand Tour,’ a journey through the heart of Europe to learn more about the history and culture of continent. Last year I did my own version of this, spending the better part of a month traveling through Italy with a friend. I’ve already documented the first half of my trip; here are some highlights from the remainder.
The Reigning King: How the Second Psalm Gives Hope to God’s People
Glance at the headlines, and you will quickly see that people fight God. It happens all the time. In troubling times like these, we need the truth found in the Book of Psalms.
The Burden of Our National Guilt: Reflections on Slavery, Race, and Politics
Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famed abolitionist who wrote ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ was a lover of the book ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress.’ Using the analogy of the book, she likened slavery to Christian’s burden, calling slavery “the burden of our national guilt.”
Responding to COVID in NYC
At the beginning of April, I travelled to New York City to assist a critically understaffed hospital in the coronavirus pandemic. It was an experience unlike any that I have ever had.
The Evangelistic Motivation of Luther Rice
Though he never fulfilled his dream of engaging in foreign missionary work, Luther Rice was astonishingly influential in Christ’s kingdom. Speaking of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, he said that “I esteem it the happiest point in…
Reconnecting with Wonder in the Christian Life
In a world grown jaded with abuse, Christians alone know of a source of never-ending wonder, miracles that never grow dimmer and never fail. Such wonder, of course, is found in God. It is seen especially in his wondrous works and wonderful words.
Seven Simple Ways to Speak the Truth in Love
Christians desire, rightly, to speak the truth in love. We care too much for people’s souls to stand by silently as they pursue sin, buckle under false teaching, or race toward hell. Because of this, we speak truth to them…
Secularization and Sacralization
Since the dawn of the Enlightenment, western civilization has rushed along the process of secularization. Spiritual and religious significance is stripped from every aspect of life, and the bland, colorless objects that remain are marketed to us as reality. It…
