Reckoned Righteous

16 Reflections on 16 Years of Marriage

Today, Naomi and I celebrate sixteen years of married life. In honor of the occasion, here are sixteen reflections on our life together. 16 years is a long time to be married. Many of my friends from high school and college didn’t make it that long before succumbing to divorce. One friend from college lost [...]

A Summer Reading List for my (Pre)Teenager

This summer, my wife and I wanted to challenge our oldest daughter with some challenging reading material that would both stretch her mind and strengthen her faith. A few books immediately came to mind, and I solicited suggestions from Facebook friends to get more ideas. After some collating, I’ve put together the final list of [...]

“God” vs. “King” (a rant)

Quick quiz: Which of the following two statements is more awe-inspiring?

A king dies in the place of one of his subjects
The eternal God of the universe take on humanity and dies in the place of one of his creatures

A place to stand in 2010

As 2009 winds down, I’ve had these lyrics running through my head: This work of God, no work of man My only hope, my only life Has given me a place to stand Has made me love what I despised - Jeremy Casella, “Cast Away Stones” My “place to stand” is the righteousness of Jesus [...]

Video: D.A. Carson using logic to smack down an exegetical fallacy

Check out this video from D. A. Carson, courtesy of CBMW. I absolutely love how Carson uses an obvious bit of logic to dismantle an exegetical fallacy. DA Carson on “permit” in 1 Timothy 2

My theme song

If these lyrics don’t accurately reflect my life, I don’t know what does: Oh, I’m into everything I hate My spirit is not fooled My members take the bait Oh, I’m into everything I hate Still not dead enough To stifle this debate Smalltown Poets, “Everything I Hate” Or, as someone else put it: Who [...]

Desiring God/Logos Giveaway!

Desiring God is giving away a Logos Scholar’s Library, 2 pairs of tickets to their Pastors Conference, and 100 copies of the John Piper Sermon Manuscript Library (in Logos/Libronix format). As the proud owner of both Scholar’s Library and the Piper Sermon Library, I strongly encourage you to enter the contest! (Full Disclosure: I used [...]

To Rescue Me From Danger

I’m sitting at my computer, trying to get some end-of-the-year work done. iTunes is playing the Together for the Gospel Live CD, and I heard these words again: He, to rescue me from danger Interposed His precious blood I can’t think of a better thought on which to end the year.

My summer reading list

It seems to be trendy to post a summer reading list, so like a lemming, here I go with mine: The Cross of Christ (John Stott) The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross (Leon Morris) Pierced for Our Transgressions (Jeffery/Ovey/Smith) In My Place Condemned He Stood (Packer/Dever) Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die (John Piper) [...]

Are the 1st and 10th Commandments the Same?

As usual, John Piper’s words are used by God as a 2×4, applied directly to my forehead: I suspect that the reason the Ten Commandments begin with the commandment “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3) and ends with the commandment “You shall not covet” (Exodus 20:17) is that they are essentially [...]