This dream has been a long time coming, but it is finally here . . . the first edition of The Cutting Room Floor.
The Cutting Room Floor: God The Father
The One Certainty Of History
When a man who writes history for fifty years tells me there is "one certainty of history," I want to hear what he has to say.
Senior Coffee
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Apparently this includes getting old.
I was in Memphis last week. I stopped at a McDonald's on my way to a meeting to grab a cup of coffee and a Sausage Biscuit. The receipts reveal my secret. I have a penchant for both coffee and the McDonald's Sausage Biscuit. The latter is my traveling treat.
So That’s What Excellence Looks Like
I saw excellence yesterday!
I am making a second pass through Team Of Rivals, the fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln. I use this lengthy tome in a doctoral seminar I teach for Capital Seminary & Graduate School. The subject is teams, the location is the nation's capital, the individuals in the spotlight are Lincoln and his cabinet. Fitting I think!
What You Believe About God Matters
"Today’s idea is that the great divide is between those who say 'I believe in God' in some sense and those who cannot say it in any sense. Atheism is seen as an enemy, paganism is not, and it is assumed that the difference between one faith and another is quite secondary. But in the Bible the great divide is between those who believe in the Christian God and those who serve idols—“gods,” that is, whose images, whether metal or mental, do not square with the self-disclosure of the Creator." - J.I. Packer, Affirming The Apostles' Creed
The Jefferson Bible
"In the Bible the great divide is between those who believe in the Christian God and those who serve idols—“gods,” that is, whose images, whether metal or mental, do not square with the self-disclosure of the Creator." J.I. Packer, Affirming The Apostles' Creed