Michael Krahn : The Ascent to Truth

I found this graphic in an N.T. Wright book:

Nicely done. Would make a great tattoo. ;-)
Michael Krahn (michael.krahn@gmail.com) is a husband, father, Pastor, writer, and recording artist who enjoys books, theology, technology and the Ottawa Senators.
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In Mark 5 we read of a man with an unclean spirit. He had been living among the tombs; he was uncontrollably violent; he spent his days crying out and cutting himself with stones.
When Jesus arrives near these tombs, the man runs out and falls down before him. Jesus, wasting no time, commands the demons [...]

We’ve all probably read the story of the prodigal son. This video shows us the Father’s perspective as he pleads for his son to “come home” and gives us a glimpse of the anxiety our Father has over His children…

(HT: LayGuy)
Michael Krahn (michael.krahn@gmail.com) is a husband, father, Pastor, writer, and recording artist who enjoys books, [...]

I’m declaring 2010 The Year of Jesus with this thought in mind:

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Zach Nielson (Fb|Twitter) recently posted an excellent series about alcohol. Each one is worth reading and I encourage you to click on the links to each of Zach’s posts:
Part 1
In the next few days I want to interact with what Pastor [James] MacDonald presents here. I care little about resurrecting a tired debate about alcohol [...]

Tags: Alcohol

(All New Orleans 2009 posts can be found here)
The idea of “unspectacular work” has been my metaphorical matrix for the week. We are in New Orleans, but we’re not partying in the city. In fact, we have seen very little of the city other than the neighborhoods that we’re working in. And this is the [...]

Russell Moore has a post called “Jesus Has AIDS” at The Gospel Coalition blog today. He concludes:
“And so, if we love Jesus, our churches should be more aware of the cries of the curse, including the curse of AIDS, than the culture around us. Our congregations should welcome the AIDS-infected, and we shouldn’t be afraid [...]

For the last week I’ve been collecting questions here – feel free to add a few more; below is the first answer. This is actually a repost (with some edits) from September 2008, but I’ll re-post it now for two reasons.
One, it tries to answer a question submitted by Nathan Colquhoun:

After reading the story of [...]

I’m not entirely sure how to start this review. I could start by telling you that I have been aware of Kevin Abell for a long time. We went to the same high school. But that wouldn’t tell you very much about his book and you might think I am reviewing this book because we [...]

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 [...]