Darryl Dash's Blog, page 4
August 5, 2025
My 2025 Tech Stack
Occasionally, I like to share about the tech tools I use. I enjoy reading about the tools that others use; maybe some of my suggestions will be helpful for you.
One caveat: the tools you already use may already be good enough. We often waste time searching for better tools instead of using the ones we already have.
Here are the tools I currently use the most.
Task Management: ThingsI love Things. I use it every day. I love how easy this task management app is to use. It meets my needs perfectly, an...
August 3, 2025
What Dating’s Like (Song of Songs 2:8-3:5)
Big Idea: Dating involves both the excitement of romantic pursuit and the challenges of managing powerful desires and resolving relationship issues before marriage.
The tricky part of a romantic relationship is the awkward in-between phase after romance starts but before marriage.
It’s exciting. In the first section of the Song of Songs, we learn that romantic love is a gift that brings intense desires that should be controlled. It's like a opening a dam. Once the fire of romance is kindled, it’s ...
August 2, 2025
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important.
Success in ministry is abiding. Success in ministry is faithfulness to Jesus Christ. Success in ministry is persevering to the very end.
Practical Christian Guardrails for Humor and Joking
Here are two areas to be wary of to keep our humour from being destructive to the soul.
If the next generation outsources reading to AI and, in the pro...
July 29, 2025
A Strategy for Handling Anxiety
Anxiety permeates every aspect of our lives. The fast pace of life, constant comparisons from social media, and world uncertainties make many of us feel overwhelmed. Despite digital connections, many carry their burdens alone.
Telling someone not to be anxious doesn’t help. In fact, it often backfires. That’s why Paul’s words in Philippians 4:6—“Do not be anxious about anything”—can feel almost impossible at first glance.
Yet Paul doesn’t leave us with a command alone; he gives us a strategy.
The S...July 27, 2025
The Gift of Romance (Song of Songs 1:1-2:7)
Big Idea: Romantic love is a gift, but it creates powerful desires that shouldn’t be unleashed too soon.
The Song of Songs, like romantic love, is confusing and a little embarrassing.
It’s confusing. I had no idea when I picked this book how confusing it is. We've just completed the Book of Revelation, which is likely the most challenging book in the New Testament to understand and interpret. Now we’re in the Song of Songs, which may be the hardest book in the Old Testament to understand and inter...
July 26, 2025
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Where and How Do We Draw the Line?
Here are seven steps we ought to pursue in establishing doctrinal boundaries.
A Christian Vision for Exercise
Our charge is to make physical exertion a means, among others, to spiritual health and joy.
God chooses the weak. It’s a prerequisite to being used by God.
The principal means of growth for God’s people is the corporate gathering of God’s people.
July 22, 2025
We're Only Scratching the Surface of Scripture
If you have a couple of extra hours, or even if you don't, you really should listen to this interview with Jim Hamilton on the Room for Nuance podcast (Apple Podcasts | Spotify| YouTube). It's about his new book on the literary structure of the Gospel of John. I listened while I was exercising and kept wishing I had a pen to write down some of the insights. The podcast blew my mind. Even though I've read the Gospel of John many times and have even preached through it, I saw things and made conne...
July 19, 2025
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Take a Closer Look at Noah's Ark
When I studied the flood in seminary, I realized that the narrative is actually a depiction of what God did for the salvation of his beloved people.
God's Love Is Sufficient to Help You Fight Porn
Pornography breeds darkness, yet amazingly, God's grace remains sufficient for those in Christ Jesus.
Personal Growth Assignment: Pornography
According to Covenant Eyes, an average of 61% of the general population views pornography regu...
July 15, 2025
When a Christian Leader Fails
The news made me feel sick.
A pastor—a man I had respected—had been caught in secret sin. Even worse, he’d covered it up. When he was found out, he resigned, leaving behind a trail of devastation.
Sadly, this hasn’t happened just once in my life. How do we respond when a Christian leader falls? What if it’s our own pastor? How do we navigate the doubt, make sense of it all, and move forward well?
Face What HappenedOne of the first and most important steps is to face facts. It’s challenging to proce...
July 13, 2025
When You Feel Abandoned (Isaiah 40)
Big Idea: God's plans for you are good, his greatness knows no bounds, and he invites you to connect your weakness to his limitless power, finding in him all that you need.
Have you ever felt utterly hopeless? Sometimes, we encounter crises that make us feel alone and overwhelmed by our challenges. It can feel as though life is falling apart, with no relief in sight.
What do you do when you lose someone you love and are overwhelmed with grief? When you're confronted with a sudden diagnosis or chro...
