Episode 3 – God’s Sovereignty

As we’re reading through the M’Cheyne Bible Plan together, it’s difficult not to get a good sense of God’s sovereignty. Genesis, Nehemiah, Esther, Matthew, and Acts all contain significant examples of God’s purposes and plans being carried out to their completion through the responsible hands of men. Unfortunately, we too often shy away from the topic of...

Episode 2 – Jesus in the Text

As we read through the Bible together this year, have you found that there are certain chapters that are easier to get through than others? I think that most of us would agree, if we’ve spent any time reading the text at all. There are some chapters and books that just seem more…well, relevant to our lives. Others are difficult to get through, particularly those that are in the Old...

Help! Black Hole Ahead!

Can I tell you a secret about “big picture” people that I’m beginning to discover more and more? We have very little idea of how things work. We see what we want to accomplish and we start walking towards it and figure it out on the way. It’s silly, I know. I’m actually embarrassed by it. Most of the time, the stuff that you point out that we missed, we didn’t even know that...

Haiti and the Hope of Jesus

One of the most profound things that I have ever heard was what one pastor told a mother in his congregation who was questioning why her son was born with a debilitating handicap that made him not only unable to walk, but also to ever think and reason at the level of a small child. The pastor told her that there were at least two things we must be reminded of when we see a child who is born...

Taking the Name of Jesus Seriously

I’m excited to share with you a new podcast format that I’m going to try out in 2010 that I think could be of great encouragement to all of us in the local and extended Doxa community. It’s no secret that Christi and I have been pushing anyone who would listen to take 2010 and read the Bible all the way through using a Bible Reading plan. My hope is that with this podcast, I...