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The Best of October

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I’ve been at this blogging thing for ten years now and have been at the daily blogging thing for almost as long. This means that I’ve got an extensive backlist of articles from years gone by. I thought it might be fun to pull out some of the articles I wrote in previous months of October, stretching all the way back to 2004.

2011

My Halloween Theory – Last year I shared a theory about the growing popularity of Halloween.

This is a four-part series on the will of God:

  1. How to Know the Will of God
  2. How Does God Speak to Me Today?
  3. God’s Will for Your Life
  4. How Do I Make Decisions That Please God?

2010

How I Got Here, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 – This is a three-part biographical series.

The Heart of Frugality – I needed to think about frugality and this is what I came up with.

2009

Teachers, Watchmen, Gatekeepers – This reflects some of my thinking on the role of parents in the lives of their children.

Applying the Heat – An article about accountability relationships.

2008

The Moral High Ground – Thinking about abortion where the pregnancy was caused by rape.

The Burden of Perverse Assumptions – Lincoln and Speed, Sam and Frodo, and the burden of perverse assumptions.

2007

Halloween – Trick or Retreat? – Apparently I’ve done quite a bit of thinking about Halloween.

Bringing Life to the Living – One of my pet peeves is when people claim that their new book or new program will bring the Bible to life.

2006

The Folly of Solomon – How the wise became foolish.

I Don’t Need a Boyfriend – I had just read a John Eldredge book…

2005

Unity Through Theology – Doctrine divides? It shouldn’t.

The Extraordinary Value of Women – I claimed that no system of religion exalts women higher than biblical Christianity.

2004

Tim – I had forgotten all about the day Aileen hijacked the blog.\


  • Conform

    You Can Conform to Christ Even if You Don’t Conform to Me

    One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying…

  • A La Carte (June 10)

    Does prayer make a difference? / Portrait of an abortionist / Pushing back against the black tax / Bring your whole self to work / Blessed are the weak / When service isn’t a transaction / A pastoral analogy / Bill C-9 will soon be law in Canada / and more.

  • A La Carte (June 9)

    Thawed embryos, reproductive rights, and the grey marshlands of ethical ennui / 14 World Cup stars who follow Jesus / The God of small churches / How a critical theorist influenced the sexualization of everything / When culture trumps strategy / Fasting and feasting / Kindle deals / and more.

  • Six Counsels for a Sending Church

    Sacrificial obedience to the One who sends is what it will take to reach every language. Join us October 14 to 16 in Dallas–Fort Worth for The Lord Who Sends as we reflect on God’s word and the lives of missionaries who followed the Great Commission.

  • The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

    The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

    At some point we all began to refer to articles and video as content. And today we are drowning in it! Here is a simple filter for telling content created to serve you apart from content created to serve its maker.

  • A La Carte (June 8)

    The humbling I needed / There must be blood / How to read the Bible when your heart feels cold / The delightful duty of married sex / Are we forgiven for the sins we can’t remember? / All things without complaining or arguing