The life of Jim Elliot is one of the most encouraging, compelling stories of modern Christianity. For many, he serves as the quintessential example of being on mission in the world. In college he wrote the phrase, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."
Read moreHow Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer
Truth is absolute and it is pervasive. Every Christians worth their salt would believe that. But Schaeffer so astutely handles truth, in such revealing ways, that our faith is made sight in ways that can’t be anything but exhilarating and confidence-inspiring in all that is good, true, and beautiful in the world.
Read moreInformation Architecture: Organizing Chaos
We have a problem. We are drowning in data. We are anxious, and we spend most of our downtime glued to streams of information (from Twitter, Facebook, TV, games, etc.). We absolutely consume data, and yet as soon as we step away, we wonder why we're even alive. It's as if our basic, fundamental humanity is propped up by digital data streams.
Read moreYou Have an Obligation: Hebrews 5:11-14
The overall theme of Hebrews is the supremacy of Christ, but it isn't just that. It isn't a showroom where we are to come in and marvel at the glory of Christ as if in a museum, displayed behind bulletproof glass. We are to marvel at His wonderful work of mediation, to draw near to God, to meditate on Christ, to engage our minds in spiritual growth. In a word, we are to use the gifts Christ has given us and experience God because of the work He accomplished.
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