I live in Atlanta, Georgia, where my life largely revolves around four interconnected areas: my local church, my family, my vocation, and a variety of other interests. These interests include climbing mountains, hiking, history, Scripture and theology, and bearing witness to the gospel. I have found that these areas of life are rarely isolated from one another, but instead overlap and intertwine in meaningful ways.
I love to write, though I regularly wreak havoc on the English language. By God’s kindness, He has given me a good and virtuous wife who not only laughs graciously at my typos, grammatical missteps, and spelling errors, but also lovingly edits many of my blog posts before they are published. She has spent many late nights and early mornings proofreading for me, and I cannot thank her enough for her tireless labors in helping present legible devotionals for the people of God, that they might be built up by His Word. Any typos you encounter are most likely the result of my unintentionally skipping her edits or posting without her careful review. Please feel free to point them out, I welcome the help.
The Preacher reminds us that “of making many books there is no end.” In an age overflowing with blogs, the question is fair: why another one? While there are many excellent Reformed and theological blogs, there seem to be fewer written with the simple aim of helping ordinary Christians meditate on and apply God’s Word devotionally. This blog exists for that purpose.
Most posts are meant to be read with a short portion of Scripture in view. They are my short reflections on God and His Word throughout the week. Originally, they were meant only for my family and my family is the immediate audience I have in mind. At times I may touch on theological discussions within the church or academy, but always with the aim to offer a small taste of the immeasurable riches of God’s wisdom and knowledge revealed in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. Some posts will walk through particular passages; others will trace themes that run throughout the whole of Scripture.
My prayer is that the Lord would use this blog to comfort the weary, encourage the fainthearted, instruct the humble, convict the wandering, and build up the saints in the faith once delivered to them. I also pray that He would be pleased to use these words to draw unbelievers to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, and into joyful membership in a local church, the body of Christ.
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For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
II Corinthians 5:21