The heart is a complicated thing. No, I’m not talking about the physical organ of the body that pumps blood to the different parts of the body (although it is a complicated organ). The heart is just the name we give that non-physical aspect of a person. It is what makes a person who they...

I always have to remind myself that my faith is not one in an isolated bubble without any influence from anyone else. I always have to remind myself that I am standing on the shoulders of the giants of the faith who have gone before me. There have been great men and women of God who have gone...

Introduction In part 1 of “Developing a Theology of Art” I introduced the historical-redemptive paradigm in which the four major meta-narratives of the Biblical story becomes the basis of art. I stated that all art (Christian or not) some how connect back (unintentionally or...

I’ve been thinking a lot about L.A. a lot recently. Better yet I find a lot of my prayers and hearts call is turning towards the city of L.A. This all started from having a conversation with Dan. We talked about the possibility of planting a church out in LA in the future. Both of us...

This is my interactions with Francis Schaeffer’s Art in the Bible. As evangelical Christians, we have tended to relegate art to the very fringe of life. The rest of human life is more important. Despite our constant talk about the Lordship of Christ, we have narrowed its scope to a...

After my last blog about developing a theology of art, I received a response by my good friend Steven. I really appreciate his comments and his push back because they challenged me to think deeper about the Christianity and culture. It’s been almost a week since I last updated this blog,...

I’m currently working on a potential project for this fall that involves putting together an art exhibit. My mind works in mysterious ways. Where some people think about the practicality, and purpose of this project, my mind instantly shoots towards the theology of it. More specifically,...

I’ve been thinking about art recently. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about why art is not part of the conversation within the church. I recently started following the works of Makoto Fujimura, an artist in NYC. He is a devout Christians but his works are not what you would...

I’ve been reading through Redeemers Church Planters Manual recently. It is a personal dream of mine to plant of church in an urban setting with the intention of cultural transformation through a Gospel centric ministry. Instead of simply dreaming and waiting for it to fall in my lap,...

  By Wednesday their mind was made up –  this Jesus must die! In the past, they were not able to execute justice on Jesus because he had the favor of the people. But after riding into the city as if He was the promised Messiah, after destroying part of the Temple worship, after...

“Who is this Jesus?” “Wasn’t He suppose to be the one that would liberate us from the oppression of the Gentiles? But instead He destroys God’s temple.” “What right does he have?” “Whose authority does he come by?” After Jesus had...

Early Monday morning Jesus rides out towards the Temple. The curiosity of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to rise. Was he heading into the Temple to sit on His throne as the Messiah, the King of the Jews? Was He going to expel the Gentile oppression from the Temple and from the city? Was He...

For months rumors about a single man swirled in Palestine. Reports of this man being a healer were also met with reports of this man defiling himself with sinners. Some thought he was the promised Jewish Messiah that was sent to free the people and land of Israel. Others thought he was an...

Ever since the book came out the blogosphere has been blowing up with discussions about this controversial book. I am far from the first to write a review of the book, and I don’t think I’ll be the last. But I have read the book and I wanted to put down  my thoughts about the book...

It’s that time for bottom feeding bloggers, like myself, to weigh in on the whole Rob Bell, “Love Wins”  craziness. Ok so maybe I won’t weigh in yet because I haven’t finished reading the book. But what I do want to talk about is the comments that I’ve been...

“There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.” “There are in the souls of wicked me those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell-fire, if it were not for God’s restraint....

Mrs. Milligan, my third grade teacher, always got on our case about showing our work whenever we did math problems. Even if we came into the class with the right answers she wanted us to show our work. Whenever we got the problem wrong, she wanted us to go back and see why we got it wrong. I...

There’s been much discussion on the divorce of Evangelism and Discipleship. Within Christianity, evangelism is seen as the process by which a person is converted into the Christian faith. Christians who “evangelize” seek to convert others to the Christian faith. Discipleship...

The purpose of this series is: I am looking for a way to embrace the solid Biblical tradition of the past, while all the while pushing forward into what it might look like for the Church today. I am not willing to neglect the realities of the gifts nor am I willing to elevate them into a place...

Resurgence In the previous entry of this series I started to look at the two major movements within the Evangelicalism that has greatly impacted me. The first was the Charismatic Renewal of the 80′s-90′s. The Charismatic Renewal brought back to the church the realities of the Gifts...