🔥🔥🔥"Most men are more tender of their skin than of their conscience, and had rather the gospel provided armor to defend their bodies from death & danger than their souls from sin & Satan." (William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour)

"Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are indistinguishable." (David Augsburger)

"You're a man who stops and listens. If that's not the definition of friendship, it's close enough for now." (Lark / Leif Enger)

"The Christian stands, not under the dictatorship of a legalistic 'You ought,' but in the magnetic field of Christian freedom, under the empowering of the 'You may.'" (Helmut Thielicke)

"The fruit of a life in Christ is a life like Christ." (Andrew Murray)

me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:

“It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.” (Wendell Berry, 2001)

Charis Cooper is the second place winner in TGC's 2025 Essay Contest for Young Adults. For Cooper, what's countercultural about the church is how older and younger generations serve and love one another. Read her essay: thegospelcoalition.org/article/best-f…

Proud Papa moment. Charis does a beautiful job expressing the benefit of intergenerational discipleship (and of highlighting one of my favorite ministries at Cityview CC)

I am very excited for this book, written by my closest friend (and the best Family Ministries pastor I know). If you have kids at home and want to teach them how and why to memorize Scripture, pre-order your copy today! thegoodbook.com/storing-up-tre…

At long last (I'm sure you were waiting for it), here are my Top 12 books from 2025: followafter.net/blog/top-12-bo…

A day late, but here's a short reflection on the start of #Lent: followafter.net/blog/a-time-to… (with links to the usual devotional)