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This fall I plan to begin teaching and preaching through the Gospel of John. I must confess that I’m really excited to get into the fourth gospel in our NT canon. I spent 2009 working through it during my devotionals and found my appreciation for John enriched beyond my wildest dreams. Actually, my love for [...]

Luke G. provoked some good discussion this past week on facebook by bringing up the death penalty. Should Christians be in favor of it? Is it unbiblical to be against it? How do justice and mercy work out when it comes to how individuals and governments deal with serious crimes? This article by John Piper [...]

On Monday morning, at approximately 7:45am, my son was born – Cyril Owen Geraty. He weighed an even 7 lbs. and stretched out 20 inches in length. We named him Cyril after several people: (1) Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 – 444), (2) Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313 – 386), and (3) my friend Cyril [...]

About two weeks ago someone in our neighborhood called the police on us because our four year old son was riding his bike on the road without a helmet and our two year old daughter was playing in the front yard “unsupervised”(I was watching out the window). When the officer came to talk to me [...]

This command from Romans 12:15 has been on my mind a lot lately. You see, it’s real easy for me to get into theological debates and feel pretty smug about being right. But when the words of God like this one from Romans take an x-ray of my soul the results don’t always show a [...]

Today Earth Day is being celebrated as a non-partisan observance in public schools and universities across the country; but as anyone who has been reading lately knows, the subject of global warming and how to deal with it is anything but a non-partisan issue.  Kevin DeYoung will give you some encouragement here on how to [...]

Christ is alive! He is alive! Heaven and earth rejoice! Jesus has power to save sinners from their sins and to grant them eternal life! Praise be to His mighty name!

It’s Saturday. Jesus is dead. He’s in a grave. All hope is gone. He lied to us. It’s time to quit, move on, and forget everything He said. But Sunday is coming.

I have been resting and relaxing from the previous trip to Kenya. I think I’m all caught up with sleep and I’m enjoying my family very much! Tomorrow begins a new day. I am looking forward to it. I plan to get back into blogging more regularly and sharing thoughts on the Scriptures, culture, and [...]

“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” – 1 Cor. 1:17 Imagine preaching a gospel that empties the cross of its power. Throughout the past two weeks, I have often thought how [...]

It is amazing when you see people come to Christ. Absolutely amazing. But it is really amazing when a Muslim women repents of her sin and rejection of Jesus and comes to Christ for her salvation! That is what happened yesterday. We have seen hundreds of people come to Christ. Yesterday we preached open air [...]

Our first meeting in Kenya went well. I was asked to preach the first evening and I preached from Lamentations 3 and showed how hopelessness is only answered by the hope of Jesus Christ – crucified and resurrected! Praise God for the fruit! We have had wonderful fellowship and the food has been excellent. We [...]

I wanted tolet you know about a trip I’m taking for the next two weeks. Most of you probably already know, but I am heading to Kenya, Africa. I’m traveling with three good friends from Trinity Christian Fellowship (Glen, John, and Lana). I leave today, Feb. 22nd, and will be gone until March 8th. While [...]

I am a human being who has been, is being, and will be  saved by God’s grace. I’m not perfect, and sometimes I get frustrated. How about you? I am frustrated by the following: People who pretend they want to have a discussion on a theological topic but who do not listen or interact with [...]

Generally I think drama can be either fantastic or, stupid. But, in this case, I love this drama and the students in the congregation that I’m a part of, recently did it. Here goes…

I’ve been picking up on a trend within the “Missional” movement that is a bit frustrating. In the quest to live misisonally (intentionally focused on the Gospel in our current context), many have began to downplay the role of global missions. In fact, I’ve heard and read some suggest that the Church just needs to [...]

The horror of abortion is astounding. Jesus, save us.

I used to think of the stories of the first 12 chapters of Genesis as somehwat indepedent and unrelated except for God and a connected geneaology or two.  However in this study I’ve come to see a unified progressive story of redemption that culminates into the story of Abraham and the covenant God makes with [...]

Wow…the first few chapters of the Bible are packed with basic foundational theology that really undergirds everything we believe as Christians.  But I suppose that shouldn’t be surprising.  I think we just miss it many times because we take those truths for granted.  In our culture of science and empirical observation the main question that comes to us out [...]

Youtube link of John Cleese on Science I’m not sure I would actually go so far as to say the former Monty Python front man is defending faith, but it seems to me he is poking fun at any claims that science can ever fully explain human nature and behavior. Close enough for me. I [...]

I’m pretty excited to announce that we have some new contributors joining our ranks here! – Tyler and Casey are going live! I’m still working on begging asking a couple other contributors to start being a part of the Think Theology project, but we’ll take it one step at a time. I wanted to share [...]

Do you enjoy biblical studies, theology (biblical, systematic, historical, etc.), church history or any other areas related to the Christian faith? If so, I’m currently in the process of bringing in some new contributors to the ThinkTheology.org project. We average about 800 readers a month, so your contributions will be read! If you are interested, please [...]

I have been on the “go” for about one year two weeks now, though I’m not kidding about the past year. I just really, really need a time to relax. But it seems like there is always something on my ‘burner’ that needs to be done. So I’m sitting here reading my Bible. Not for [...]

For those of you who would be kind enough to remember me in your prayers, I would appreciate it. This weekend I’m speaking at the Set Apart Conference and then preaching on Sunday @ TCF, as I usually do. I could use prayer for the following: I’m speaking at the SAC on the topic of [...]

Yes, last night @ 6pm I had the opportunity to attend a worship gathering that Jeremy Riddle led music at. It was… fantastic. And Jeremy did “Sweetly Broken,” which is quite amazing. Oh, and I am with my wife and with John & Lana and Duluth is great because… OUR KIDS ARE AT HOME! HA [...]