The hardest thing about death is not the agony (physical, emotional, spiritual) that it causes, but rather it is to learn to expect God’s goodness from it. Yet, it is the Christian’s hope, that “if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
My wife’s grandmother recently passed away. In a conversation today about the upcoming funeral, our 5 year old daughter highlighted one of the beautiful aspects of Christian dying, in an exchange something like this.
June 26, 2010
I’m finally reading Thomas Lynch’s book The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade. It shouldn’t have taken me so long to read this important book. Still, I am now and glad for it. I hope to post again with other quotes from the book, but for now this: There’s this “just a shell” theory… [Read more…]
June 7, 2010
Listen in today at 5:10pm Eastern as Rob discusses “A Culture of Resurrection” on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh. Read more about developing a resurrection mindset in your church here.
May 24, 2010
The Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing introduced me to Eugene Peterson. I heard him speak there, and I’ve been reading his work since. He’s an excellent writer. It’s hard to say more without somehow diminishing him. In Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (Amazon, Google Books, Eerdmans book publishers) Peterson talks about how Jesus… [Read more…]
March 11, 2010
This is part two of a sermon delivered by Father Martin Johnson on February 28 at All Souls Anglican Church, in Wheaton, IL. Part 1 ran yesterday. We’re thankful for Martin’s kindness in allowing us to post his sermon. Long, long before the Cross became the symbol of Christ, His first followers would reveal themselves… [Read more…]
March 10, 2010
This is part one of a sermon delivered by Father Martin Johnson on February 28 at All Souls Anglican Church, in Wheaton, IL. Part 2 will run tomorrow. We’re thankful for Martin’s kindness in allowing us to post his sermon. As one gets older, one is brought up before weakness whether one likes it or… [Read more…]
October 28, 2010
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