city “Faces” – a poem by my son on gun violence 21 Jan 201921 Jan 2019 Calvin wrote this poem about gun violence and was invited to present it at Girard College's MLK Service Day. I'm biased, but it's good. -------------------------------- In this city, life’s fragile,…
Book Reviews Review: John Newton’s Wise Counsel 3 Jan 2019 Gordon, Grant. Ed. Wise Counsel: John Newton’s Letters to John Ryland Jr. Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2009. It is with much sadness that my reading of Wise…
Book Reviews… Review: Jose Humphreys’ Seeing Jesus in East Harlem 27 Dec 201827 Dec 2018 Humphreys, Jose. Seeing Jesus in East Harlem: What Happens When Churches Show Up and Stay Put. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2018. I first heard of Jose Humphreys from an…
Book Reviews… Some reading for over the holidays 19 Dec 2018 My focus will primarily be on the Image of God, but I will most likely take a brief excursus into slavery in the NT and early church.
apologetics… Remember Death: a brief review 5 Nov 20185 Nov 2018 I still remember the cold and indifferent eyes of the two young men who just walked past me. Maleek* was just shot seventeen times in front of our house. A…
apologetics… Part 3 of my D.Min. Proposal: Ministry Model 6 Sep 201830 Aug 2018 This is the section of the proposal which outlines how I will go about implementing the proposed ministry. This is what makes the D.Min. different from the traditional PhD. It…
apologetics… Quest: A Portrait of An American Family 1 Sep 20189 Mar 2019 Meet the Raineys. Quest: A Portrait of An American Family is an intimate documentary that follows a north Philadelphia family over the span of almost a decade. Watch the Trailer:…
apologetics… Thought’s on Eric Mason’s Woke Church, part 1 30 Aug 2018 *These are just a few initial thoughts taken from ch. 1 Mason, Eric. Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice. Chicago, IL: Moody,…
apologetics… Part 2 of My D.Min. Proposal 30 Aug 201830 Aug 2018 Here is the section of my D.Min. proposal that addresses the historical precedents and cultural conditions of the research question I am addressing. It is similar to the Literature Review…
apologetics The Gospel is BIG Enough 22 Aug 201822 Aug 2018 Our Gospel is big enough. There is no hole in our Gospel. It doesn’t need to be expanded, filled in, or changed. If anything, our Gospel needs to be more…