by Brian | Jun 30, 2015 | Monday Study Notes, Spiritual Life
Last night we continued our study of Jesus’ teaching in Matthew chapters five through seven (otherwise known as the Sermon on the Mount). The notes are rough until the end, but here they are… 7:6 A hard to understand verse. May mean something like:...
by Brian | Jun 29, 2015 | Spiritual Life
Here’s a repost from the Spring of 2013, but it goes with tonight’s study in the Sermon on the Mount. I’ll probably reference this tonight, so if you happen to be checking this blog before joining us, you get a heads up! How can prayer be meaningful,...
by Brian | Jun 26, 2015 | Culture, Current Events
I have in front of me a printout of the full Obergefell v. Hodges decision handed down by the Supreme Court today. I plan on working through it in the next few days. If you’d like to join me, you can download it and print it out here. Already, as we have come to...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2015 | Growing Up, Spiritual Life
Ever feel like your life is a repetitive drudgery? Ever feel like church is that? (I really hope not, so many good things are going on at Calvary Philly…) If so, Kevin DeYoung has some essential thoughts for you: The Glory of Plodding by Kevin DeYoung It’s sexy...
by Brian | Jun 17, 2015 | Book Recommendations, Evangelism
For Christmas my wife bought me Stephen Kotkin’s new biography of Ioseb Jughashvili, otherwise known to history as Joseph Stalin. It’s huge, so I’m nowhere near finished with it, but it has been an excellent read so far, full of tons of background...
