Articles
Every Christian is a theologian. The question is whether if they are a good one or not. Our theology inevitably impacts every area of our lives (either consciously or unconsciously) – even our creativity – so it is important for creatives and Christians in general to think deeply about their theological beliefs.
Zechariah’s Oracles of the Messiah
Many find the book of Zechariah to be a difficult one to read and understand. It is filled with visions and oracles. However, one of the most amazing things about Zechariah are the foreshadows of...
Blessed …according to Jesus
It's become a little bit of an internet gag... the quirky selfie with the hashtag "blessed" because of whatever good fortune someone has enjoyed. While this can often just be silly fun, it does...
ExeGreeksis | “Your Blessed Life Now” – Matthew 4:23-5:12
Some prosperity preachers try to sell a perversion of the Gospel that promises material blessings, health and favour for those who would ‘declare’ it over their life. However, this other ‘gospel’ is...
BIBLICAL LAMENT | Life’s Song in the Minor Key
On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, my grandfather went to be with his Lord. He helped to raise me and played a huge role in my life. I didn’t realize the hole...
The Millennium in Revelation 20 | An Amillennial Perspective
**Disclaimer: Since the original writing of this article (around 2017), I have shifted Eschatological views from Amillennial to Postmillennial. Thus, this article may not represent my current...
Humble By Design | Creativity and the Distraction of Novelty
The design and art world can sometimes tend to foster a sort of egotism among artists. After all, we need to promote ourselves, brand our artwork, get our names out there and tie it to stunning and...
ExeGreeksis | Fishers of Men – Matthew 4:18-22
This is the second of an ongoing series of Greek exegesis exercises I'll be doing called "ΕχεGrεεκsις"—you can read the first one here. The point of these ΕχεGrεεκsις articles is to pull back the...
Is the Bible missing any books today? | THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE SERIES (Part 6)
This has been quite the enjoyable series of articles to develop, and I trust that you have benefitted from it thus far. We’ve seen what the concept of Canon is, taken a look at how the Old and New...
A Theological Basis for Excellence in Christian Arts & Design
You can also listen to this article here: I think many a church attendee over the course of the last two decades has had to endure the sight of a WordArt announcement slide or Clip Art (circa 1994)...
How do we Recognize the Books that are Scripture? | THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE SERIES (Part 5)
So far in this series we’ve taken a look at the concept of canon in both the Old and New Testaments. We also looked at why Protestants reject the books of the Apocrypha and some of the claims of the...
Video Games and Discipleship
A while ago, I had a parent come up to me exasperated: “He’s just addicted to video games and won’t put them down! I don’t understand why he is wasting all that time playing games—on his phone, on...
Why were the New Testament Books added to the Bible? | THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE SERIES (Part 4)
In our first article in this series, we took a look at what the canon of Scripture is, then in our second article we saw how the books of the Old Testament came together. Next, we considered why the...
Reformed Preacher Portraits | Paul Washer
I’ve recently started a series of portraits of some of my favorite Reformed Preachers and I thought it might be a good opportunity to make others aware of their ministries and perhaps help them in...
What about the Apocrypha? | THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE SERIES (Part 3)
In our first article in this series, we looked at what is meant by the ‘canon’ of Scripture - the collection of authoritative, divinely inspired books. In our second article, we looked at the...
My Podcast Interview with The Happy Holy Hour
I recently had the pleasure of being on the Happy Holy Hour Podcast with Tyler and Travis to speak about "Creativity in the Christian Life". They're both excellent podcast hosts and brought up some...