Theology
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“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible… all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” — Colossians 1:16-17 Lately, I have been convicted of a quiet failure: I have stopped practicing the discipline…
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Four years ago, I had the surreal experience of whitewater rafting the Nile River in Jinja, Uganda. Over a six-hour journey, our group navigated twelve Class 4 and 5 rapids. I was thrown from the raft or flipped over entirely on four of them. It was exhausting, terrifying, and ultimately transformative. I walked away with…
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“Seeing is not believing—it is only seeing.” — George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin Our modern society is obsessed with the material. We aren’t necessarily “materialistic” in the sense of craving jewelry or yachts, but we are addicted to physical matter. We are a people who demand to have our feet firmly planted on…
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I tell a lot of stories to my classes; it’s how we connect. One of my favorites is about a junior high basketball game back in Seattle. We were locked in a back-and-forth battle for the final five minutes—an ulcer the size of a grapefruit growing in my stomach the whole time. With nine seconds…
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Jeffrey Overstreet is one of my favorite film critics. Whether he is writing for JeffreyOverstreet.com or drafting his fantasy series Auralia’s Colors, he remains uncompromising. Every year, he draws fire for critiquing “Best Picture” nominees that happen to be wildly popular. His response to the “popularity equals quality” argument is a simple, rhetorical analogy: McDonald’s…