Here are some interesting articles I found this week. Redeemed Royalty: Why I Stopped Watching Porn In our current age, it’s refreshing to read such a simple testimony of someone who gave up porn and started…
Here are some interesting articles I found this week. Why is There More Domestic Violence Against Women in Liberal, Secular Countries? A recent study showed that the more secular a society is, the more domestic violence…
Here are some interesting links I found around the interwebs this week. Enjoy! Can Christians and the LGBTQ Community be Friends? I was talking with a non-Christian guy recently who was reeling from a relational…
As his followers, our lives represent Jesus, so we ought to live in such a way that we point people to Him. To do this well we can’t isolate ourselves or become religious zealots Rather,…
I am excited to announce that Riverview will be hosting the very first US Midwest Acts 29 Conference on November 17-18, 2016! This conference is for church planters, aspiring church planters, church staff, leaders, and anyone…
Friday Random Linkness For more than five years, I posted several random links on Fridays (hence, the title “Friday Random Linkness”). Then, I stopped blogging altogether. Earlier this year, I started up again but didn’t…
I am officially back from my 2016 Social Media / Internet fast and, wow, what a month! I watched my boys play (at least) 34 baseball games. I celebrated my dad’s 70th birthday party. I…
Each year, I take a month off of social media, the majority of my email, and most of the Internet. Suffice it to say, this has been a very difficult month to be offline. That’s…
A few weeks ago at Riv, I talked about the importance of recognizing the cycles and seasons of life so we can live in rhythm instead of pursuing the ever elusive “balance” people always talk about (a concept…
There are times when we get angry about the small, negligible matters in our lives. But when we can be slow to anger about those things and divert our anger towards the bigger issues such as sin,…