The Most Popular Posts of 2025
As the year draws to a close, I’m grateful for the opportunity to revisit some of the most popular posts of the year. Whether you’ve read them before or are new to the blog, these posts—and a few personal favorites—are ones I hope will encourage and challenge you.
The Best Books of 2025
As the year ends, I’m delighted to share my list of favorite reads from 2025. Each book on this list offers something worthwhile—some contain a compelling story, others may shape your understanding of the world, and a few may challenge you, but all will leave you with something to ponder.
Election: A Survey of Romans 9:1-29
In the first eight chapters of Romans, Paul has shown that there is ‘no distinction’ between Jews and gentiles. But all of this raises questions: Does Paul no longer care about the Hebrew people that he is part of? And how can God be faithful to his covenant people if he is now working primarily among gentiles rather than Jews?
Released from the Law: The Christian’s Freedom to Live and Love
“But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.” (Romans 7:6)
The Rise of Liberty: A Journey through History
It was the outbreak of Christianity, the great Enlightenment of the First Century, which spread the seeds of lasting liberty.
Your Fundamental Identity
In much of the world, your fundamental identity is based on your involvement in a group. Who you are is integrally tied to the family you grew up in, the religion that you participate in, and the society of which…
The Nearness of the Day of the Lord
“For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand.” (Romans 13:11b-12a) There is no doubt that the apostle Paul assumed that the return of Christ was within…
The Categories You Create, Create You
Every category that we create has the potential to shape us as individuals by modifying the way that we think.
Glory: A Survey of Romans 8:18-39
There are two certainties in the Christian life: suffering and glory. In Romans 8, Paul highlights aspects of both.
Our Desperate Need for Historical Narrative
We are in desperate need of a plot. Just as we can’t make sense of the individual events of our lives without putting them into a story, so we can’t make sense of the events of our world without putting them into a storyline. We need narrative.
