This is my first update to the blog in a while. Holidays, illness, and life, in general, have taken their toll. But, I’m back! This Year’s First Top Read: The Spirit’s Work of ConvictionI’ve read a lot on this topic, and this is an awesome read! But, in all fairness, while I read this in…
The Weekly Nerd – Thanksgiving 2022 Edition
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a blessed day! Today’s Top Read: Screen Sabbaths: A Modest Proposal for a Digital WorldThis is a Must Read article for Christians, Christian parents, and, well, everyone. “Which means, if Christians are going to heed the summons of Romans 12:2 in a smartphone age — “Do not be conformed to this…
The Weekly Nerd – Saturday, November 19th Edition
It’s a good weekend. Cold, but good. Today’s Top Read: Practical Ways to Cultivate Personal Evangelism“I have recently been working through a mid-week Bible study on biblical evangelism at the church I currently serve at. From the beginning, I wanted us to understand what evangelism was not in order for us to understand what it is, and how we…
The Weekly Nerd – November 9th, 2022
This week has been a good week. God is good. On The Blog: Don’t Be An Absent Friend… my reflections after attending the viewing of a dear saint that I had grown to love but neglected to visit in her last months of life. Today’s Top Read Why Don’t We Have Good Friends?This article truly…
Funerals and Friends
Funerals Cannot Be Where We Realize We Are Absent “Friends” Last week, as my wife and I were relaxing the evening before I was to leave for the weekend, my wife exclaimed that someone we both know well had passed away just a couple of days prior. While somewhat expected, given the person’s age and…
Be A Proactive Discipler
As a Christian father of four children, one of the most anxiety-inducing thoughts that cross my mind all too regularly is the raising of my children in such a chaotic world and what that world will be like for them. News shows and articles, US Supreme Court decisions, and regularly listening to Al Mohler’s staple…
The Weekly Nerd – October 31 Edition
Happy Halloween Reformation Day! It’s been 505 years! On The Blog: Check out my Top 5 Books list that I have on the blog! It’s nothing too fancy and really just my opinions, however, they are great reads! Today’s Top Read: Five States to Vote on Abortion Rights This Election DayWhile the Show-Me state is…
My Top Five Books That Every Believer Should Read
There are many debates regarding some of the top books for a person to read, and here is my foray into that category. Here my top five books that I believe every Christian should read. Knowing God, by J.I. PackerSpiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, by Donald WhitneyThe Thrill of Orthodoxy, by Trevin WaxPraying the…
The Weekly Nerd – Monday, October 24, 2022
It’s Monday! Admit it…you really do like Monday, don’t you?! On the Blog: Last week, I had two extra posts, one on the newly released Logos 10, and the other on Trevin Wax’s new book The Thrill of Orthodoxy. Today’s Top Read: I Don’t Want To Be A Pastor Any MoreThis is an excellent narrative…
The Thrill of Orthodoxy – The Book I Want To Give All My Friends
This review might not begin how most reviews begin but let me tell you something about my appetite. I really like food. I like to eat. One time, at a church a long time ago, I was giving a testimony about a mission’s trip I was on. In that testimony, I mentioned my “two favorite…