This section centers on a life of faith and practice. The life of the Spirit within, where Scripture, tradition, and history meet to illuminate the path of faith. What I write here draws from the enduring wisdom of the Church through the ages: the words of the apostles, the insights of the Fathers, the devotion of the saints, and the clarity of the faithful.
Blessed Are the Misfits
Today I completed the book Blessed Are the Misfits by Brant Hansen. The book was a refreshing and honest look at who people are and how they're unique, beautiful, and ... Read More
Union with Christ
Having completed the book Union with Christ: The Blessings of Being in Him by Sinclair B. Ferguson (hardcover ISBN 978-1848717237) cover to cover, what stayed with me wasn’t just how ... Read More
The Discipline of Grace
Today I completed the book The Discipline of Grace, and it was a helpful, clear grounding in what it means to live by discipline through grace. Various disciplines were covered, ... Read More
The Life of Discipleship
Discipleship, as I’ve known it, is not an event or a study. It is not a group you attend or a curriculum you complete. It is a way of life ... Read More
The Weight of Holiness
Having today completed The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul (ISBN: 978-0842314985), it becomes clear that the book unfolds according to Sproul’s Reformational approach to Scripture. Rather than presenting ... Read More
Shepherds for Sale
Shepherds for Sale by Megan Basham documents how influential areas within American evangelical leadership have permitted political interests, major philanthropic funding, and concerns about institutional reputation to shape the public ... Read More
The Abomination of Degradation
There are seasons in the Christian life when warmth fades, and clarity dims, and it becomes necessary to ask a searching question: Is this a purifying dryness permitted by God, ... Read More
The Divine Indwelling
Today I finished the book How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit by Moody Publishers. The book is a compilation of sermons from A.W. Tozer about the Holy Spirit ... Read More
The Pursuit of Holiness
Having completed The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges, the book presents biblically grounded principles showing that Christians pursue holiness only because they are already united to Christ and strengthened ... Read More
The Knowledge of the Holy
Today I finished reading The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer, and what remains with me most is a renewed sense of wonder about who God is and why ... Read More
God’s Pursuit of Man
God’s Pursuit of Man is the third book I’ve read by A. W. Tozer, and it stands in clear continuity with the others in both concern and direction. This book ... Read More
The Pursuit of God
Today I fully completed A.W. Tozer’s The Pursuit of God, a first reading of his work and one that left a piqued impression upon both mind and spirit. Tozer’s pages ... Read More
Patterns of Judgment
Any discussion of divine judgment must begin by recognizing that Scripture does not speak of it in a single, uniform way. For those who do not belong to God—those whom ... Read More
Third Reading: Holy Bible (KJV)
Today, September 12th, 2025, I finished reading the King James Version of the Bible from cover to cover. The copy was 1,647 pages long, and I revisited many books, chapters, ... Read More
Second Reading: Holy Bible (ESV)
On September 4, 2021, I completed another read-through of the Bible, this time in the English Standard Version (ESV). The journey began in September 2017 with a deliberate goal: to ... Read More
First Reading: Holy Bible (NASB)
When I first started reading Scripture seriously, my world was shaped mostly by the NASB, particularly the 1977 edition. I didn’t sit down with a plan to go from Genesis ... Read More
The Shape of Prayer
Over a series of sessions, I attended a course of lectures on the Prayer Rule from an Orthodox perspective. I didn’t go looking for something new or exotic. I came ... Read More
