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What If Your Greatest Chance to Change the World is Also Your Greatest Source of Pain?

Posted by MK | Filed under Books, Theology

Who doesn’t want to change the world? There’s something inside of all of us, I think, that desires to leave things different than when we found them. That manifests itself in all different kinds of ways: – We build libraries. – We donate money to charity. – We raise our children. – We tell people [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

Posted by MK | Filed under Fridays Are For One Question

Tomorrow morning, I’m going to join about 50,000 other folks to run in the Country Music Half Marathon and Marathon through the streets of Nashville. Just to be clear, I’ll be in the “half” section. There seems to be some question in scholarly circles right now about the appropriate way to eat before such a [...]

The Fragrance of Heaven Rising From the Stench of Death

Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study, Current Events

What a discrepancy. All around is death. Putrid, stinking decay. And yet, seemingly from out of nowhere, the fragrance of heaven erupts. It’s like the man, possessed by the demons, who lived among the tombs. Day after day he cried out among the dead, cutting himself with stones. All around him was death, and he, [...]

Dad, You’re a Dead Man Walking

Posted by MK | Filed under Marriage, Parenting

At the Together for the Gospel Conference, I heard CJ Mahaney make a remarkable statement: “Behind every fruitful church is a dying pastor.” He made this statement while preaching on 2 Corinthians 4, a chapter in which Paul exhorted his readers to not lose heart. The idea behind the statement is one that is pervasive [...]

Chuck Colson Remembered

Posted by MK | Filed under Current Events

When the news was released several days ago that Chuck Colson was near death, I walked to my book shelf and took down my copy of How Now Shall We Live? and perused through it again. Admittedly, I haven’t picked up the book in several years, but I immediately remembered sitting in the student commons [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

Posted by MK | Filed under Uncategorized

Tonight is a big night for the Kelley family. Tonight we uphold the long-held tradition when a child comes of age and then bravely throws his / her pacifier in the trash in exchange for a bribe from their parents. This time, the child in question is Christian. The prize in question is a Buzz [...]

We are Stewards of Experience

Posted by MK | Filed under Books

Here is a clip the guys put together from an interview I did on The Exchange yesterday talking about what it means to steward our stories: You can watch the entire webcast here.

Bossing God Around

Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study, Theology

Prayer, by its very nature, is predicated on both a sense of humility and a sense of power, for prayer is asking for something. Humility is built into the fabric of prayer, for when we pray we are recognizing our complete inability to change circumstances, be they big or small. We can’t change our attitudes, [...]

A Compilation of Treadmill Accidents

Posted by MK | Filed under Current Events, Just for Fun, Videos

There is no real value whatsoever to this post. Except that you will be laughing and cringing over the next 4 minutes. Enjoy. (HT:22 Words)

A Challenge for Dads on the Way Home Today

Posted by MK | Filed under Marriage, Parenting

20 minutes. Maybe less, maybe more, but that seems like a reasonable estimation of the amount of time an average dad has between the time when he leaves work and arrives at home. There’s a myriad of different ways you might spend that time, some more profitable than others. You can break the law and [...]

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