Specks of dust are seemingly invisible until they float into beams of light.  When they do, they reflect light with surprising beauty.

Just as you can see the beam of light clearly because of the dust within it, my hope is that you can see the God who is light clearly because of the dust posted here.  I also think the title works nicely as a statement about the Christian.  The man with God rightly still sees himself as dust but dust which highlights something greater than himself.

The bulk of my attempts to articulate this light take place in sermons because that is the bulk of my calling.  My preaching manuscripts and audio recordings are housed under Sermons.  I do not read my manuscripts when I preach and as a result the preaching event and the manuscript can be quite different.  I think this is as it should be.  Preaching is an dynamic event.  A manuscript is static.  They both have their place and value and my hope is that either or both are useful to you.  When I began preaching, I would have appreciated seeing more manuscripts to see how others arranged sermons.  My hope is that this might be useful to you.

These sermons fall into three diffuse categories - expository, confessional, and topical.  Expository sermons are arranged by books of the Bible.  Confessional sermons are arranged by their respective doctrinal confessions - the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, and the Canons of Dort.  I do not so much preach these confessions as I preach the Scriptures that led to these confessions.  Topical sermons will be arranged by the title of the sermon series.

Interactions is my forum to interact with what I read.  There are some wonderful books being published (and far, far more that have long since been published).  My hope is that my rambling reflections might somehow serve you in your reading.

A Life is about my own life - my family and my day to day existence that is probably only of interest to family, friends, and Cambridge Analytica.  I am married with four children.  I serve as the minister of the Grace Christian Reformed Church of Kalamazoo, MI. In way of background, I graduated from Hope College, The Trinity Fellows Academy, and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.

Thanks for taking the time to read and listen and I hope you find something profitable,

Adam Eisenga

adamteisenga@gmail.com

 Currently reading
Project A: The Works of John Owen (6/16)
Project B: The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant (2/11)
Religious Studies: Reading the Bible Supernaturally by John Piper
Family Life: Etiquette by Emily Post
A Different View: Getting to Yes - Harvard Negotiation Project
Pastoral: Preaching by Timothy Keller
Biography: Schulz and Peanuts - A Biography by David Michaelis
Literature: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Daily Devotional: A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy
Prayer: The Valley of Vision
BHS: Joshua, Psalms GNT: Round 4 - Mark, Romans

Reading with others
Worship: Reformed According to Scripture by Hughes Oliphant Old

2026
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson
Under the Unpredictable Plant by Eugene Peterson
Engaging with God by David Peterson
Awake & Alive to Truth by Dale L. Cooper
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
The Social Animal by David Brooks
Identical Strangers by Schein and Bernstein
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
Generation to Generation by Edwin Friedman
That Kind of Sleep by Susan Atefat-Peckham
Bee Parables by David Silk
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Ontology of Humor by Bob Parrott
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Anna Karenina by Leo Tosltoy
The Story of Civilization: The Age of Napoleon by Will and Ariel Durant
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Works of John Owen (vol. 5)
Evangelism by J. Mack Stiles
Pastoral Theology by Thomas Murphy
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
Unapologetic by Francis Spufford
Preparing Children for Marriage by Josh Mulvihill
What’s Best Next by Matt Perman
The Quran
ANE Thought and the OT by John Walton
The Unbelieving Yelp of Prey by Alex Mouw
The Blood of the Lamb by Peter DeVries
The Works of John Owen (vol. 4)
Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton
Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite by Roger Daltrey
The Mark of a Man by Elizabeth Elliot
The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Hints on Child Training by H. Clay Trumbull
Thanks for the Feedback - Harvard Negotiation Project
Suspicion & Faith by Merold Westphal
Christ-Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell
My American Journey by Colin Powell
The New Pastor’s Handbook by Jason Helopoulos
The Brothers K by David James Duncan

2025
The Works of John Owen (vol. 1-3)
The New Rules of Marriage by Terrence Real
Jacob - Unexpected Patriarch by Yair Zakovitch
The Body Keeps Score by Bessel vanderKolk
Fred Meijer - Stories of His Life by Smith and tenHarmsel
Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley
Raise Capable Kids by James Carroll
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Insanity of God by “Nik Ripken”
God’s Judgments by Steven Keillor
‘Til We Have Faces by CS Lewis
VanTil - Defender of the Faith by William White
Thoughts for Young Men by JC Ryle
Good to Great by Jim Collins
The Finale, The Song, The Singer by Calvin Miller
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
A Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman
Friedman’s Fables by Edwin Friedman
Reagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldworthy
Rod - The Autobiography by Rod Stewart
Everything Happens for a Reason by Mira Kirchenbaum
The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson
The Worship Pastor by Zach Hicks