An Old Car, An Ex-con, and An Unlikely Friendship By Ted Kluck and Dallas Jahncke (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)With a sordid past and running out of options, ex-con and former addict Dallas Jahncke acquiesces to enter a drug rehabilitation program at a homeless shelter, one with a Christian perspective. In addition to avoiding more jail […]
Peter DeHaan’s Blog Expands Ways For Readers to Interact and Comment May 30, 2013—First launched in January 2008, author Peter DeHaan’s blog—discussing biblical Christianity—celebrates its sixth year of existence with a new look and a new location. Supported by powerful WordPress software, the leading blogging platform, the new blog is greatly improved: With an archive […]
Technically summer doesn’t start for another month (June 21). Summer then lasts for three months (until September 21). Though the Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox formally mark the beginning and ending of the summer season, the weather and our response to it shows we don’t care too much about the official dates. From a practical […]
Faith Growing Options Outside of Church While the Sunday morning church service can be good, I desire more. And I do occasionally experience more. Sometimes it’s in those solitary moments with just me and the Almighty. But the sweeter times are when I experience more in community. There are three situations when more can occur. […]
By Bob Hostetler (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)A book bearing the instruction to “quit going to church” might strike some church-going folk as a text to avoid, one surely full of disrespectful thoughts or even heresy. This is not so with Bob Hostetler’s book. Bob pens his work, not as one who has dismissed church attendance […]
Some people who follow Jesus have a future focus, greatly anticipating heaven. They endure the present while waiting for what is next. Other people who follow Jesus have a present perspective, living boldly for today as his ambassadors to the world. The afterlife is almost an afterthought. Which is it? Is our reward for following […]
When people in our materialistic society say they want more, they usually mean more money and possessions. But that’s not the kind of more I’m talking about. A year ago, after Easter, my wife and I slipped away from our church to take a yearlong sabbatical to visit a different Christian church each Sunday. On […]
When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life By Jeff Goins (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Wrecked is what happened to Jeff Goins when God figuratively tapped him on his shoulder, causing him to turn around and actually see what he had been conveniently overlooking. As a result, his self-centered, non-committed demeanor was pierced. Other […]
Consider Which Matters More In Doctor Luke’s biography of Jesus, he shares some of the things Jesus said. Two accounts appear to contradict each other. One time Jesus says the master will have his servants sit at his table and he will wait on them. Another time Jesus said to not expect any such treatment; […]
In my post “What I Learned From The Great Divorce,” I shared three levels of spiritual understanding for a book: reading it, seeing it preformed, and discussing it afterward. These have parallels to our spiritual journey. 1. Read I was intrigued when I read C. S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce. However, my primary reaction was […]