How many published poets do I personally know? It turns out one. Which is a larger number than I would have thought until I discovered that my old pal, my chum, my bro Enoch writes poetry and has published his first collection, Sweet Death I Feel Most Sharply When I feel Nothing At All, and … Continue reading Invest in a Poet and Support the Free Market at the Same time: A Review of the poetry of Enoch Warnke (and the longest blog post title ever)
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Refocus: A Fresh 2020 Vision for the Church
What the New Testament describes as a church is often very different from the concept of a church that we have today. I think one confusion that has existed for a long time is that church is a place that you go to. People think of a church as a building. But the New Testament … Continue reading Refocus: A Fresh 2020 Vision for the Church
Smoked Brisket and Roasted Summer Vegetable Soup
It's Labor Day, so we should all act like Americans and smoke a brisket, am I right? Well, this is my first brisket (or firsket, for short) and it was stunningly delicious. But first, the soup. Yellow Tomato Soup We are not canning or otherwise preserving any of our garden vegetables this year so I've … Continue reading Smoked Brisket and Roasted Summer Vegetable Soup
Choose Your Stick: On Critics of the Church
It has been said that any stick is good enough to hit the church with, and I believe it. If critics are a dime a dozen, then critics of the church are a dime a baker's dozen. If your church patiently disciples a couple through a difficult marriage, someone who witnesses a less than cordial … Continue reading Choose Your Stick: On Critics of the Church
The Most Powerful Woman in Springfield
"Do you want to know who the most powerful woman in Springfield is?" he asked me over the counter. I can't remember his name, but he was a contractor. I wondered if there had been some 417 Magazine article about up and coming women in our town. Or maybe there had been a write-up in … Continue reading The Most Powerful Woman in Springfield
Francis Schaeffer – Happy Soldier of the Cross
Francis Shaeffer entered my world through the film series How Should We Then Live sometime during my late teen years, or possibly early twenties. Schaeffer (1912-1984) was a Presbyterian pastor, theologian, apologist, and co-founder of the renowned L'Abri community in Switzerland. This quote from The God Who Is There recently jumped out at me: The … Continue reading Francis Schaeffer – Happy Soldier of the Cross
The Long Way Down
Foundational Truth - Man is fallen and now lives under the curse of sin. Text: Genesis 3 In last week's sermon we looked at the conditions that made it possible for man to fall: his moral nature and the presence of a genuine moral choice. In this week's sermon we will look more closely at … Continue reading The Long Way Down
The Redemption of Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist who vaulted to public fame (or infamy) following his stand against Ontario's Bill C-16. As such, a man who would have been solidly a "liberal" in the 80's and 90's became somewhat of a hero to conservatives. I first came across him following his interview with Cathy Newman a … Continue reading The Redemption of Jordan Peterson
The Fall of Man
Text: Genesis 3 Foundation #4 - Mankind has rebelled against God and now lives under the curse of sin. Introduction: In the 1967 film El Dorado, a gunfighter named Cole Thornton (played by John Wayne) helps his old friend Sherrif P Hara (RObert Mitchum) defend a family's ranch from a merciless competitor. When Cole returns … Continue reading The Fall of Man
The God Who Speaks
Text: Genesis 2:15-19. For the complete sermon visit our Youtube page here. Introduction Between the Atheist and the Agnostic, we must admit that the Agnostic is the greater wuss. This is because the Atheist takes to himself the burden of actually proving something - the non-existence of God - which is a very heavy burden … Continue reading The God Who Speaks
Nathan Writes 