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Spirituality of the Cross

by Dan on February 17, 2010

I recently found out that Spirituality of the Cross, a book that has been profoundly helpful to my spiritual walk, is going to be revised. I commented about how the book has impacted me and the author of the book, Gene Veith, reprinted my comment here. I’m deeply thankful for this book and highly recommend [...]

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It is cool to search for God, but not so cool to find Him

by Dan on September 12, 2009

This quote pretty well sums up the new “chic” nonreligious Christian spirituality that has come to define much of postmodern Christendom. In a church that has become 5 miles wide and 1 inch deep, the journey has become far more important than the destination. Kevin DeYoung makes a great point about this in the book [...]

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We Are Beggars. That is true.

by Dan on July 15, 2009

Martin Luther penned these words shortly before he passed away, demonstrating his profound grasp of Christian spirituality. In Matthew 5:3, Jesus very simply says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” The word used for “poor” in this verse is the term for a beggar. Those who are poor [...]

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5 Miles Wide And 1 Inch Deep

by Dan on February 1, 2009

I saw this video over at Miscellanies’ blog, who saw it at DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed: While it may be a McDonald’s commercial, I think it also contains a lot of truth about how we do church as of late. Kevin DeYoung writes: I admit it’s funny because I like McDonald’s more than I like [...]

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Christ Follower vs. Christian

by Dan on November 13, 2008

Apple launched an advertising campaign you may be familiar with called Mac vs. PC. I stumbled across a parody of these videos called “Christ Follower vs. Christian” that I thought was pretty entertaining. Don’t worry, this is not becoming a video log (vlog), I will still be writing more great content, but some things are [...]

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