A few months ago, I had the privilege of visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where the site of Golgotha and the empty tomb are located in Jerusalem. I did not know what to expect. We followed the Via Dolorosa from the place where Jesus was beaten, through winding streets and past Muslim shops, […]

I remember first being exposed to the writings of the late Tim Keller back during my sophomore year, in the college ministry of John Piper’s Bethlehem Baptist Church. At that time, Keller’s writings and sermons supplemented the ministry of John Piper wonderfully to help shape my understanding of God, the gospel, and the Christian life. […]

Working in the Texas public school system for nearly two decades, I’ve seen multiple political administrations implement policies that have significantly shaped how schools operate. I witnessed the acceleration of high-stakes testing due to George W. Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act, which tied federal school funding to student performance. I saw the intensification […]

How God Crossed Our Paths On March 6th, 2016, I crossed paths with a man who would become a very important friend. At the time, I was serving as an associate pastor at a church in Minnesota. It was our custom before the service to pray in the back hallway. As we prayed, three visitors […]