Blogging and Making the Most of Our Time
Time is precious. God intends (requires!) His children to plan and spend their time wisely. “Make the most of your time, for the days are evil,” Paul exhorts the Ephesian church; “Help me to number my days so that I may present to you a heart of wisdom” the Psalmist pleads before God (Ephesians 5:16; [...]
On Reading and Writing
If we are blogging regularly (or semi-regularly in my case), then we should have at least a hint of motivation to becoming a better writer. And not just a more fluent writer (“it’s just so easy for me to write”), but a more clear, persuasive, and captivating writer. Those of us who write on a [...]
Blogging and the Habit of (Merely) Teaching Others
Paul’s rhetorical question to the religious Jew in Romans 2:21 regularly intrudes my conscience: “You who teach another, do you not teach yourself?” Those who have the good desire to teach Biblical truth for the benefit of others can be prone to developing the bad habit of only teaching others. How easy it is to [...]
Blogging and Unripe Bananas
I like bananas. Usually, I like them best with something – like cereal or strawberries. But one thing is for sure: I can’t stand unripe bananas. You know what I’m talking about. When they are green and crunchy, and they leave that taste in your mouth that immediately has you reaching for the water pitcher. Yikes! If only I had [...]
Book Review: ‘Being Logical,’ by D.Q. McInerny
The subtitle to this slender volume (only 131 pages), is “A Guide to Good Thinking.” Logic is not a subject only to be utilized and studied by philosophy professors and college students; it is a subject that should be pursued by all, in some measure, since we should all desire to think well. In the preface, McInerny writes, “Logic is about [...]
Tom Brokaw on Blogging?
This past weekend Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, held their 2006 commencement services. Tom Brokaw, former news anchor for NBC, gave the commencement address. Brokaw urged the graduates to ”Live [their] convictions not just at the keyboard but on the streets, in the arena and in the polling place.” He continued to exhort these young men and women to not [...]
Essentials for Christian Blogging, Part IV: Take Your Writing Seriously
One main point that I have attempted to convey in these essays on blog-writing is the reality that writing is serious business. Like it or not, your words have the capacity to positively change thinking or cause confusion, to build a person up or tear them down, to encourage or depress, to show love or [...]
Essentials for Christian Blogging, Part III: Write Excellently
The second essential component of Christian blogging that I would like to examine is our responsibility to write excellently. Again, let me draw our attention back to the first essay: we are attempting to outline basic Biblical principles that will positively distinguish us as Christians within the web-writing community for the glory of our King. [...]
Essentials for Christian Blogging, Part II: Write for the Glory of God and the Good of Others
I put this principle first because that is where it belongs. The fame and reputation of God and the spiritual and common welfare of others should be the driving and guiding motivation behind our writing. And it is important to remember that the two go together. Great love for God is always coupled by a [...]
Essentials for Christian Blogging, Part I: An Introduction
Why blog? For Christians, this is a serious question. Why? Because Christians are instructed to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (II Corinthians 10:5) and do all to the glory of God (I Corinthians 10:31). So it would be safe to say that the practice of blogging is a part of the [...]
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