Weekly Texts writing

20. Stop Trying to Outshine Sodom

The Thirty Sayings (20/30)

Mon, 11 Aug 20254 min read

Saying Twenty Proverbs 24:1-2 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them; for their heart devises violence, and their lips talk of troublemaking. Stop trying to outshine Sodom. It is significant that th...

19. Mock the Fool, Save the Man

The Thirty Sayings (19/30)

Mon, 04 Aug 20256 min read

Saying Nineteen Proverbs 23:29-35 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search...

The Deck Café

Thu, 31 Jul 20251 min read

For just $18.51, my Thursday morning transformed itself from one of those dreary what-day-is-it-agains into an invigorating affair in which geese and a freshly baked scone sought to wrestle my attention away from the...

18. Son, Women Are Above Your Pay Grade

The Thirty Sayings (18/30)

Mon, 28 Jul 202510 min read

Saying Eighteen Proverbs 23:26-28 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. For a harlot is a deep pit, and a seductress is a narrow well. She also lies in wait as for a victim, and increases the...

Don't Overcook Your Doctrinal Steak

Weekly Text: Acts 15:12-21

Tue, 22 Jul 20253 min read

There are two major conclusions from the Jerusalem Conference, one doctrinal and timeless, the other practical and context-specific. The Doctrinal “Therefore I judge that we do not trouble those who are turning to God...

17. Wisdom is the Ultimate Heirloom

The Thirty Sayings (17/30)

Tue, 22 Jul 20255 min read

Saying Seventeen Proverbs 23:22-25 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding. The father of t...

The Most Important Virtue

Mon, 21 Jul 20252 min read

It isn’t love. It’s not faith, either. Not humility, not joy, not peace, not patience. It gives these other virtues legs. It carries them into battle on its shoulders. It picks them up when they are wounded. It soothe...

Being a Cheerful Little Pawn

Thu, 17 Jul 20252 min read

Zoom it all out for a moment. Right out. Twist your perspectival lens until Earth cowers humbly before the sun, and world history smirks knowingly at July 2025 from its well-earned armchair. "What is man that You reme...

Why Christ is King | Postmillennialism & Psalm 110 (Part 1)

Wed, 16 Jul 20251 min read

Over the past few years, postmillennialism (the view that Christ's kingdom has already begun and will, over time, saturate the world with the gospel until it drips) has transitioned through various stages of acceptanc...