Applied Theology

In an article of another blog I follow, A.W. writes about leaders who know how to follow. He writes: What would [young leaders] do when faced with a church body with a hundred other men just as gifted as they are? What would they do when told that they wouldn’t have opportunities to teach quickly, but that the nursery was desperately in need of help, the refugee ministry needed volunteers, and there’s a three year leadership apprenticeship that they could plug into? I can relate to that. Our church is incredibly gifted at teaching with several qualified and talented teachers and pastors. Had I got my wish a few years ago, I would have been one proud elder. Thankfully, God revealed my sin.

When I grew up we had to use fountain pens in elementary school. (I recently saw someone post a picture of the model I used to have—a “Lamy abc” with a left-handed nib!—and seeing it brought back some memories!) In secondary school no one cared how we wrote, so I started using pencil. In college I revived my fountain pen use, but there is only so much to write by hand for an engineering student with a laptop. If I was going to stick with it this time, I needed more excuses to write.

Spurgeon’s writings are part of my steady diet. I recently added to it the Spurgeon Study Bible. It is probably the first time in many years that I am reading a physical bible again, and I am enjoying it! My reading plan took me to Psalm 37, and I fully agree with Spurgeon’s comment.

Easter is our celebration of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. That’s what my family focuses on. But we also really enjoy our Easter Egg Hunt.

We Christians in America have our concerns; unfortunately, we are often myopic and forget that Christianity is global. To provide us with a bit of perspective, I decided to reach out to Christians living in other cultures. This is in interview with Mr. G1 in North Africa. I pray it will be helpful to you and hope, Lord willing, that this will be the first of many.

I took off from writing for the month of March. It helps me to not burn out and focus on a other things. Here are a few highlights.

Just letting you know that I will take March off from writing here. It’s a busy month for us with three birthdays, and it just happens to be halfway from and to September, my other sabbatical month, so that fits well. I’ve had some ideas for new content and already lined up one article on the topic, so I am excited to share that with you in April! Other than that, I will spend some time reading a few books and writing an app in Rust, a programming language I am trying to learn.

After a year of writing, it is probably a good time to introduce myself. Hi, my name is Christoph.

In your Bible reading, do you ever come across passages that are seemingly irrelevant? Like the endless genealogies in Numbers or the painstakingly detailed rules in Leviticus? Following my Five Day Bible Reading Plan, I arrived at Genesis 38, one of those irrelevant passages.

I like Lachlan Mackenzie. He’s one of the most adorable little boys I have ever seen (and I have three of my own)! My dear friends named him after the Scottish minister of the 18th century, so when I came across a portion of his writing, I paid good attention. Turns out it is worth repeating.