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  • Liberalism vs Your Belly Button

    Liberalism vs Your Belly Button

    The best argument against modern liberalism? Your belly button. Why? You belly button is a reminder that you began life connected to others. You are not a sovereign, autonomous, detached individual. Your very existence came in and through community. To be is to be related. You are not a free floating atom. You are a… Read more

  • Jesus the Carpenter

    Jesus the Carpenter

    “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary?” (Mark 6:3) It makes sense Jesus was a carpenter (or construction worker or craftsman) before beginning his public ministry. As the eternal Word, Jesus is the one through whom the world was made as a house for God. As the incarnate Word, he made houses for… Read more

  • Dispensationalism, Christendom, and Israel

    Dispensationalism, Christendom, and Israel

    [The following post is not intended as commentary on the current military operation in Iran. I will comment on that later. This is a theological point I’ve been thinking about for a while.] One of the things that I believe attracts modern Dispensationalists/evangelicals to the nation-state of Israel is not just their (flawed) exegesis and… Read more

  • Some Favorite “Got a Minute?” Podcasts w/Larson Hicks

    The first podcast we did on wisdom from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes: On Jordan Petersen and masculinity: On servant leadership: Sphere sovereignty and the idolatry of the family: Empathy: What does baptism accomplish? Why we need more Christian billionaires: Christian nationalism: Natural law, sex, and aesthetics: It’s all in Genesis 3: Does church membership matter: FLGBTQ+:… Read more

  • 2019 Marriage Seminar

    Back in 2019, we did a marriage seminar at TPC. I gave two talks at the seminar and the sermon on Sunday wrapped it up. I might say a few things differently today, but many people found content in these talks helpful — and occasionally controversial! 2. The Dance of Headship and Submission 3. The… Read more

  • Some Random Notes on Romans 11, Modern Israel, and the Land of Canaan

    “The Church is Israel. This does not mean that the Church replaced Israel, nor does it mean that a natural Jew cannot be grafted back into the true Israel. They can, but only by bending a knee to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. God established Abraham and promised to bless his seed and all those… Read more