Pursuing a Life of Purpose

Last Sunday I completed a teaching series on “Pursuing a Life of Purpose.” Although all the principles presented are biblical, many of the ideas were inspired from Stephen Covey’s book, First Things First.

You can listen to or download these messages in the audio player in the right sidebar. I have embedded the presentation (made on prezi.com) below if you want to see the main points and scripture references as you listen.

N. T. Wright on Fox News

N. T. Wright appears on Fox News discussing his new book, Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters. What is impressive to me about Dr. Wright’s discussion is that he presents an intelligent and rational view of Christ without compromising the spiritual truth of his identity. Also, he is able to articulate who Christ is without the traditional, religious terminology that much of the world has already dismissed.

Graduated Two Years Ago!

Thanks to Dave Black, who was my Ph.D. mentor,  for posting some excerpts from my dissertation, The Authority of Church Elders in the NT. I graduated around this time two years ago! I often think of how glad I am to be done; but I am even more glad I did it! The privilege of working with Dave Black was one of the highlights. I could say many positive things about his scholarship and how he challenged me academically, but the most profound influence he has had upon me is the love for Christ and his church the he and BeckyLynn have LIVED OUT! He posted our picture taken just after my Ph.D. oral exam in 2006. Dave is all the way on the left.

The Monster in the Hollows!

Psyched about getting a hold of Andrew Peterson’s recently released third installment of the Wingfeather Saga, The Monster in the Hollows. Andrew Peterson reflects on its release here. You can read my comments on the first book here.

Organizing Books

I enjoyed Dr. Bush’s (an old high school buddy of mine) reviews of LibraryThing.com and Goodreads.com. He tested these along with others and recommends LibraryThings as the best place to organize your books and Goodreads as a good place for book social networking. I have already started my accounts and look forward to using them.