Tried With Fire

of Don't Call It a Comeback is.... Congratulations, Ryan!!! Thanks to everyone who entered this month. Stay tuned for more giveaways.

I'll be giving away a copy of Don't Call It a Comeback this month.  Subtitled Old Faith for a New Day , this book seeks to "introduce young Christians, new Christians, and underdiscipled Christians to the most important articles of our faith and what it looks like to live out this faith in real life." Foundational truths such as the doctrine of God, the inerrancy and infallibility of scripture, justification, sanctification, the exclusive nature of salvation through Jesus Christ alone are covered as well practical issues such as vocation, social justice, gender issues, abortion, the church, missions, and worship. It's a very accessible book given these weighty topics. Even if you aren't in the target audience, this would be a great read-together with a teen or young adult in your life.  More info from the publisher . To enter the giveaway, fill out the form below.  U.S. addresses only please.  The providential winner will be selected July 29. <p>...

We know that God knows more than we do, and that he's morally superior - "better".  But we still assume that God, broadly speaking, shares our sense of justice and morality, our view on love and sex, our politics and passions, our idea of an evening well spent and a life worth living.  He's basically like us ... like me. It is this assumption that's at the heart of what the Bible calls our sin. The Serpent promised that we could be "like God," which is really just another way of saying, "God is like you, so do as you please."  And we have believed this lie ever since. Over and over the Bible has to say he's not like us because we repeatedly try to make him like us.  We squeeze God into our own mental universes.  We domesticate him and fashion hm after our image, but what foolishness!  This is the God who created the universe with words.  This is the God who destroyed the world with a flood.  This is the God who sruck down two priests fo...