Welcome to the Week! Happy (or not) Monday! Today’s Top Read: ‘China Has 10 Years Left, At Most’ – 100 Million Population Drop Could Lead to Economic DisasterWhile I don’t pretend to be an economic or population expert, this article makes a compelling argument. Al Mohler, on his daily podcast “The Briefing,” has mentioned a…
Month: August 2023
The Weekly Nerd – August 18th, 2023
Welcome to the Nerd! Today’s Top Read: How Do We Define “Success” in Ministry?“Church planters plant churches. Pastors are the leaders of churches, and therefore we plant biblically defined assemblies. We do the work of pastoral ministry so that our people might treasure Christ together. That’s the often unheralded yet beautiful definition of “success.”” On…
The Weekly Nerd – August 8th, 2023
Welcome to The Weekly Nerd! I still enjoy doing this, even when no one reads it! On The Blog: I don’t write often enough, but I still do write. I hope you enjoy this short article on Forgiving Others and Theological Triage: Is Forgiving Others a First-Order Theological Issue? Today’s Top Read: Your Husband Will…
Is Forgiving Others a First-Order Theological Issue?
As I was recently writing a paper attached to a discipleship assessment, the issue of forgiveness and its importance came to the forefront. And the question that has arisen, and that I have been wrestling with, “Is forgiveness, particularly forgiving others, a first-order theological issue?” For reference, I use Al Mohler’s article “A Call for…