Tag Archives: age of decay

Ruins of Detroit

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Pete Meendering loaned me this book of photographs from Detroit. It is a powerful book. Pete of course mentioned the Age of Decay. I found a website with some of the pictures and writing. Amazing.

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If Darwin was Right, His Children Will Lose

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Through The Cold Eye of Science We are frail, vulnerable creatures orbiting a burning ball of gas at 66,000 miles an hour, rotating on an axis at over a thousand miles an hour, the experience of which we are mostly … Continue reading →

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Why did God make the world?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Joy, and the chance to be God more than he could with just the Trinity. Wrote this in response to Russ at “The Village“ I hope this comes as a response to Russ’ “net negative” essay. To me the answer … Continue reading →

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The Antithesis

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

As I continue to ponder Romans 15 in the context of last week’s passage (Romans 13:11-14) I can’t help but think about the antithesis between Paul and Jesus’ teaching and what all of the world presses me to believe. Paul … Continue reading →

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Fear Energizes Moralism, Desire Energizes Gospel Living

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

I’m working on Romans 15 for this week’s sermon. I’m struck both by the audacity of Paul’s invitation and the difficulty of following along. The theology is so self-giving, so cruciform, so strenuous. I’m also struck at how deeply moralism … Continue reading →

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God’s Gentleness, Patience and Silence as necessary precursors for his intimacy with us.

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

God’s Gentleness, Patience and Silence as necessary precursors for his intimacy with us. In Chuck De Groat’s wonderful piece on singleness in the church he highlights a very foundational yet too-little-known truth that safety is more important than we know. … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday was for Religious Crack Addicts of the Age of Decay

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

In the triumphal entry Jesus finally lets the disciples fully indulge in their insufficient messianic fantasies. All throughout his ministry the disciples have been attempting to found Jesus’ kingdom upon the age of decay. This motley, politically and religiously diverse … Continue reading →

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Understanding Colossians 1:24 through Luke 18:31-34

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

Got a question on Voices about Colossians 1:24 and decided to write a treatment of it through my text for this week’s sermon, Luke 18:31-34. Luke 18:31-34 (NRSV) Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “See, we … Continue reading →

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Life of the age to come

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

Just some more work on my gospel vocabulary. Here’s another way to think about it belief, consequence, judgment and the life of the age to come. What Jesus does when he proclaims that the kingdom-of-heaven/earth/eternal-life/being-in-Christ is at hand, is that … Continue reading →

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Jesus' culture war

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

I wrote this for CRC-Voices for a thread on church and politics. Because of our “one square inch” tradition it is important for us to pay some attention to the question of getting specific with the mission of the church. … Continue reading →

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