Michael Krahn : The Ascent to Truth

Reading “A Million Miles…” is like talking to an old friend, one you used to love and spend a lot of time with but for whatever reason haven’t seen for a long time. This friend used to captivate you and you would enjoy being in their presence so much you wondered if you were [...]

After reading this post by John Dyer (Pornography Is Not Just About Lust: The Emotional Power of Images) I wanted to restate from an earlier post how we handle the issue at our house.
It’s difficult to estimate the ill effects online pornography has had on the spiritual well-being of millions of men and a growing [...]

A question for discussion:
Is it wise for Christians to engage with atheist perspective material (i.e. reading Dawkins or watching Religulous), or should Christians avoid these things out of concern that this engagement could create doubts and some might persuade to stop believing in God?
Michael Krahn (michael.krahn@gmail.com) is a husband, father, Pastor, writer, and recording artist [...]

Mark Driscoll, the fearless and sometimes controversial founder and Pastor of Mars Hill church in Seattle, writes books the way he preaches: . In fact, his recent books are transcribed from earlier sermon series’. Sure, there’s some editing and polishing, but if you’re familiar with his preaching, the content of his books is no surprise.
In [...]

To tell you the truth, I’ve never been much of a devotional reader.  But I can recommend a few works. I can recommend these because I have benefited greatly from the writings of these authors.
“Through the Bible, Through the Year” by John Stott
“The Business of Heaven”, which is a collection of writings by CS Lewis
“Through [...]

Thrice – Beggars
Quite a transformation from punk-ish metal to more scream-oriented material to this album, which seems more straight ahead rock and roll, with some piano mixed in. It sounds good, but lacks the intense passion of previous efforts. I hear some Soundgarden in places. This might take a while to grow on me.
Pearl Jam [...]

A couple of weeks ago, a few hundred bloggers received a free copy of Max Lucado’s new book, “Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear“. In exchange for the free book (which we find impossible to refuse), we agreed to read the book and post a review of it. Fair enough – it’s a deal I’ve [...]

One “drawback” (if it can be called that) of my new job as a Pastor is that there is infinite work to do, and it is almost all enjoyable work. This is the opposite of my 15 years at my previous job in a factory – there really wasn’t that much to do and what [...]