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Continue reading →: Another YearAnother year of life; another year of grace. I turn 30 years old today. Of course, everything feels the same. I feel like I did yesterday when I was still in my 20s. But I’ve seen the signs of 30 coming—all too soon. I’m not as athletic as I used…
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Continue reading →: A Final Letter to my Old SelfDear Old Self, Here we are again. You keep coming up. You continue to nag, to annoy, to pester me. You have to understand: I don’t want you anymore. I don’t want your old desires, old wants, old temptation. I know, I know — I do this to myself. I…
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Continue reading →: Safely Bound in JesusMy walk with Jesus in the last two weeks or so has been dull. I have neglected to read Scripture, or at the very least a devotional. My prayer life has been minimal; I get in the shower at the end of my day and pray, “Lord, I feel like…
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Continue reading →: Does Christ’s Death Bring Physical Healing?Isaiah 53:5 is a verse that should stop you in your tracks. “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed” (italics mine). It’s beautiful; it’s breathtaking; it’s redemptive. But…
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Continue reading →: Doubt Your DoubtsAs I’ve written before, God saved me as a ripe freshman in college. I believe it was Christmas break of my freshman year. I had entered a whole new world, a whole new me. I was, as Scripture declares, a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17). As the new…
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Continue reading →: Music and the Christian LifeI enjoy music, and I’m sure you do, too. Music has always been part of my life. To be sure, not in the sense that I play a musical instrument or sing my heart out like Adele, but that I enjoy listening to music. From my junior high years to…
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Continue reading →: Glorify God in Your BodyFor the longest time I have not needed to worry about what foods or drinks I consume. I have always been skinny and scrawny. I could drink Dr. Pepper and eat fast food all day and it not make me sluggish or gain weight. Times have changed. The moment I…
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Continue reading →: Give Me JesusForgive me for the long-ish time between blogs. Life’s busy but I’ve also been working on my devotional that I will share more about soon-ish. Thanks for reading! Give me Jesus . . . Give me Jesus when I rise in the morning, when I lie down at night. Give…
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Continue reading →: Consider Supporting my Wife’s Classroom
Hey everyone! My wife is gearing up for her 9th (!!) year of teaching (she’s teaching special ed pre-K and Kindergarten this year) and still has a few items on her Amazon wishlist that she’d love to have. By no means are these needs, but something she’d like to have.…
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Continue reading →: Let There Be No Divisions Among YouTribalism is an ugly thing; there’s quite a danger to it. When we allow tribalism to run amuck, our sin shows up quickly in how we treat others. Instead of focusing on everything agreed upon, we quickly notice disagreement on non-essential topics. In the church there must be no divisions,…
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Hello,
I’m Blake
I am a Christian who loves to write about the connection between theology and life. I am married to my wife, Shale, who is a special education teacher. We have been married for five years now. We have two little girls, Jovi and Piper, and they are wonderful. We also have a dog, Dundie–yes, for you people who love The Office, he is named after The Dundie Awards–who is crazy, hairy, but very sweet and rowdy.
I received my BS in Mass Communications from East Central University and did my MTS in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
I am currently working for a philanthropic nonprofit organization, although it is an aspiration of mine to eventually be in ministry, Lord willing.
My wife and I are covenant members of Sovereign Grace Bible Church and have been for eight years now. We are richly blessed by our church.
Blake Long 