9 Things That Remind Me I'm Not God (part 1)

I'm starting a series over on my other blog called "9 things that remind me I'm not God."

Part 1 is up (numbers 1-3).

Poem: Today (unfinished)

Today

when i open my lips

may i breathe life and healing

may i not get caught up in the singer or the singing

but may the object of the song leave my ears ringing

my heart spinning

my soul winning

Faith, Trust, Repentance, and This Year's Election

I wish I could have said it like this.

In God We Do Not Trust - Mark Driscoll.

...people are longing for a king who will keep them safe from terror in his kingdom. In the Old Testament the concept of a peaceable kingdom is marked by the word shalom. In shalom there is …

God's Choice For President

In a few hours, barring major controversy, lawsuit, and other scandal or error and confusion, we will get to see who God has appointed as president for us, and how he feels our House and Senate should be balanced.

All speculation over who Jesus would vote for will be …

What young non-christians think of christians

Gabe Lyons on Doing Internet Ministry:

"Non-Christians aged 16-29 years old were asked, 'What is your current perception of Christianity?'

• 91% said antihomosexual


• 87% said judgmental


• 85% said hypocritical


• 78% said old-fashioned


• 75% said too involved …

Welcome, Katharyn Joy!

My wife and I are delighted to announce the birth of our second daughter: Katharyn Joy (Kate) Heerema!

Born yesterday (October 12) at 3:45pm.

Vital stats:

• 9lbs 13oz


• 22 inches long


• head circumference: 15 inches (I've been told by several women that this is an …

Theology Quiz: Being Born Again

Most of my Ames friends are at Encounter this weekend, which I had to miss in order to finish preparing for the imminent birth of our second child. Can't wait to hear all about it. I have a question for you all though:

Consider the following scene.

John …

Eternal Security

When Satan tempts me to despair

And tells me of the guilt within,

Upward I look and see Him there

Who made an end of all my sin.

Because the sinless Savior died

My sinful soul is counted free.

For God the just is satisfied

To look on Him and …

Devil Music

Bad early 80's music

Horrible plastic smiles

Hohner headless guitar

Fake drum track

What's not to love?

True evidence of God's sovereignty in salvation: that anyone was saved in the 80s...

Some Great Financial Advice from ING

Found some great financial advice in a e-newsletter from ING Direct in my inbox today.

A letter to my future self from my past self...

Today I recieved a letter in the mail... from myself... age 13.

Vote your conscience not your... wait what?

I've been a little perplexed by a sentiment I've seen rolling around the intarwebs recently... "Vote your conscience, not your religion."

I wholeheartedly agree with the statement "Vote your conscience."

"Conservative" book makes it into Boston U. classroom

I was pretty much shocked to read this article from the Sovereign Grace blog about how Joshua Harris' "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" has been used in classwork at a liberal school like Boston University to discuss modesty as a virtue. Then again, I have to think that there …

Abstinence and Temperance

Abstinence is the virtue of the weak, temperance is the virtue of the strong.

- A.B. Bruce - The Training of the Twelve

Picking songs for your 8GB iPhone.

I got an iPhone

I have roughly 30GB of music. My iPhone contains 8GB of data. How to choose, how to choose...

Step 1:
Create a folder in iTunes called "top ten best songs"

Step 2:
Go through your playlist and add songs to that folder.

Step 3:
Roughly 5GB of …

What Flavor Is Your Theology?

How would you describe your theology? That is, if you've even ever thought about that question. Have you ever considered how you would label your theology?

The correct answer, of course is "biblical." If you are a Christian, hopefully you would say that your …

Movie Review: The Dark Knight

The Batman. My favorite comic book character of all time. Followed secondly by The Daredevil, then the usual suspects (X-Men, Superman, Spiderman, etc...)

I wrote an excited review of Batman Begins. When I heard they were making another movie in this series, I …

Wife In The Fast Lane

One of my favorite blogs, ReFem, recently featured this post entitled, "Wife In The Fast Lane." (I wish I could have been the one to come up with such a catchy title for a post, but, nope, can't take credit for this one. ;)) I originally just forwarded it to a few …

July = vacation time!

Most of us have probably at one time arrived home from "vacation" feeling exhausted physically, emotionally, and/or spiritually. This post by C.J. Mahaney (who I had the privilege of hearing at a conference eight years ago) from the Sovereign Grace blog on leadership …

Religion is a Problem in the World

Great explanation on one of the main problems with religion (INCLUDING CHRISTIANITY) in the world.

Meditate on this.