Darryl Dash's Blog, page 39
January 10, 2023
How to Change Your Spouse in One Simple Step
Char and I have been married for 32 years now. I’ve had to do a lot of repenting for how I treated her in the early years.
I married Char, in part, because she’s so different from me. I somehow knew that I needed those differences. I’m task-oriented; she’s relational. I’m in a hurry; she’s not. In a thousand ways, she provides a helpful and needed counterpart to my tendencies. I’m so much better for having her in my life.
The problem is that some of those differences started to grate at me. I see ...
January 7, 2023
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Is Your Discipleship Model Missing Something?
I’ve been discipled along the way not merely through education and experience but also through the example of mature believers.
Four Things Focusing on Sunday Sermons in Midweek Groups Achieves
There are several advantages to this setup of the Word on Sunday being revisited in midweek groups. In no particular order, these are some of them.
C. S. Lewis and Mrs. Moore: Relationship of Sin or Sanctification?
Every biogr...
January 3, 2023
In Good Time with Jen Pollock Michel
I’ve lost track of how many books I’ve read on time and productivity. The problem with many of these books is that they backfire. As Oliver Burkeman writes in Four Thousand Weeks, our efforts to make the most of our limited time can actually make things worse:
The problem isn’t exactly that these techniques and products don’t work. It’s that they do work — in the sense that you’ll get more done, race to more meetings, ferry your kids to more after-school activities, generate more profit for your ...
January 1, 2023
God's Plan for All People (Genesis 1-11)
Big Idea: The world was good, but we broke it through sin. But God offers hope that sin and evil won’t have the final word.
Today we begin a big adventure. This year we’re planning on going through the entire Bible from the very first page right to the very end.
Every Sunday we’re going to be covering a fairly large portion of Scripture at a high level. During the week, I encourage you to read George Guthrie’s CSB Day-by-Day Chronological Bible. It should take you about 15 minutes a day.
Our goal ...
December 31, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Annual Planning With the Ten Commandments
The Decalogue serves us as a way to put our feet on a firm foundation when other factors try to convince us that life is a chaotic mess.
Help! I Failed My Year-Long Bible Reading Plan
Here are four redefining elements of my Bible study over the past decade that have restored both my joy in and practice of yearly Bible reading.
When I stopped checking the boxes, something started to change in my atti...
December 25, 2022
Why Jesus Came (Luke 19:10)
Big Idea: Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
One of the most frustrating experiences of my life happened, of all places, in Florida. We’d just arrived, and we were due for dinner with some friends. I’d been there before, so I thought we’d be okay. We headed out and started walking to where we were supposed to meet people, but I got lost.
Usually, getting lost is no big deal. We live in the age of smartphones. It’s almost impossible to get lost now. But I managed. One of my friends at the restau...
December 24, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Does Jesus Still Sympathize with Sinners?
How do his human compassions differ in his state of exaltation compared to when he lived on earth and showed mercy and compassion as a fellow sufferer?
The Collected Best Books of 2022
Here, in alphabetical order, are the five that appeared the most times.
3 Benefits to Leaving Margin in Your Schedule
Let’s consider three ways that leaving some blank space on your calendar might create more opportunities.
December 20, 2022
Top Posts of 2022
Here, in order of traffic from highest to lowest, are a couple of lists of the top posts I’ve written over the past year.
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Top Posts at DashHouseI’m no longer naïve. I’m not surprised when I hear of a Christian leader falling into sin. I have, however, learned three important lesson...
December 18, 2022
Two Things Christmas Gives Us (John 17:18)
Big Idea: The birth of Jesus gives us a radical encounter with God’s love and a profound repurposing of your life.
I’ve been preaching for 33 Christmases now. I’ve preached the gospel stories. I’ve preached the prophecies. I’ve preached Christmas from Hebrews and Revelation before. But I never noticed this Christmas passage until this week. There’s enough in one sentence to change your life.
The verse is very simple: “As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world” (John 17:18)....
December 17, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2022
Several of this year’s top theology stories negotiate that difference between citizenship in a nation versus responsibility to the world.
What Keepers Can Teach Us About the Hypostatic Union
Goalkeepers have a lot to teach us concerning the hypostatic union, the person/nature distinction evident in Jesus, and the kenosis of the Son of God.
Most Churches Plan to Open on Christmas and New Year’s Day
More than 5 in 6 U.S. Protesta...
