Ride Along

Last week I talked about the influence Mark Driscoll has had on the way I think and view the world. This week I'm taking about one of the most influential Christians of our day, John Piper. I'll talk ...

10 Sep 202018min

We have all been Influenced by different voices. We all have moments in our lives we can point to and say "this is one reason I'm the way I am today." I was inspired by a suggestion on FB to do an epi...

3 Sep 202021min

Working in healthcare, I'm forced to consider my own mortality rather frequently; today I want listeners to feel the weightiness of theirs. I want people to think every day about the fact that they wi...

31 Jul 202029min

For some reason a lot of Christians hate debate. We hate, culturally, when anyone tries to swim upstream or breaks the status quo. We hate when people are loud and opinionated; except, of course, when...

22 Jul 202030min

Culture, as it stands right now, is on a trajectory of destruction. We are tearing down anything we disagree with or don't like, but not doing the hard work of building good and beautiful things in th...

8 Jul 202044min

I give a quick survey of my new project with a couple of good friends. I talk a little bit about its history but mostly about its future. Find Appalachian Roundtable on Facebook and be on the lookout ...

1 Jul 202029min

With everyone talking about racism and racial reconciliation, a lot of people are revisiting the old challenge of how to integrate our churches. How do we go about making sure our congregations reflec...

25 Jun 202028min

The way we communicate and express ideas is vitally important. The scriptures give us plenty of commands and admonitions on how we ought to speak and communicate with one another. People err, as we ar...

17 Jun 202028min