Christians and Humor….

This is the true purpose of satire: to mock power. It is, truly, the language of the powerless. From the … More

The Atheist Scientist and the Puritan Evangelical…..

    ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— The two groups mentioned in the title of this post are indeed on the very opposite ends … More

The Slippery Slope

    It s amazing to me the number of Christians who cling to the concept of the “Slippery Slope”. This … More

Why are there so few female theologians??

I have been reading several new theologians lately and it suddenly struck me that none of them are female! Or for … More

Christ and whose Culture?

I recently read an article in the June issue of Sojourners magazine ( http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0906&article=christ-and-i-whose-i-culture ) about Christ and Culture. It … More

Seven Social Sins (The Catholic version)

Recently the Catholic church, and in particular Pope Benedict, came out with their own list of what they consider the … More

Seven Deadly Social Sins (The Gandhi version)….

I know the above is not from a Christian person but it is certainly Christian in nature and principle. I … More

Cheap Grace is VERY Expensive!!

The term Cheap Grace was originally found in a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer entitled The Cost of Discipleship. Bonheoffer was … More

Is Religion an idol??

Is it possible for the Christian Religion itself to be an idol? I believe it can be and here is … More

Why So Many Versions of Christianity?

This post is more or less a follow up of the previous post discussing the differences between Christian sects. I … More

Doing church vs. Doing Discipleship

This is a continuation of my personal reflections on the world and where I might fit into it.  Is doing … More

Two Types of Worldviews…

In the next few posts I am going to do some personal reflections. Will they be objective; of course not, … More

What is the meaning of life? – Part 2

We humans are constantly on the epic journey to find the meaning of life. It drives some of us quite … More

What is the meaning of Life??

All humans seem to innately seek the meaning of life. It is built into the core of our existence. It … More

When we Christians shun our responsibilities….

Jesus clearly told us to be our brother’s keeper but somewhere along the way we Christians unapologetically shunned that responsibility. … More

Taking America back for God — Part 3

In the last post I brought forth the proposition that God loves all of humanity and does not particularly bless … More

Taking America back for God — Part 2

Last time I pointed out a couple of reasons why I believe that the phrase Taking America back for God … More

Taking America back for God

The title of this series of posts is a popular mantra for a fringe wing of one of our political parties … More

Being a political “Social Conservative” and a Christian??

I am going to keep this post very short but I would like to hear anyone’s views on whether being … More

Election/Predestination

We just finished an adult Bible study series at my church on election/predestination today. Boy, was that an interesting one! … More

In Principle…..But

 I wanted to spend today’s post giving you some quotes from Greg Boyd. I use Dr. Boyd’s words quite often … More

The Jesus Factor

On Sunday I listened to a sermon from my pastor that truly moved me. It is about a subject that … More

Loving God…

Matt 22:37-40 “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your … More

Must, shall, command…

  Before I proceed to cover more places where the Lord shows us how to live I want to bring … More

Love in the Red Letters

Let’s spend some time studying the meaning of Love in the Gospel text.  Here is the first one:  “You have … More

Some Personal Views on Outreach – Contemporary Services

One of the many conflicts in churches today is whether to offer a “contemporary” service. There as very strong advocates … More

The Present Future

   I want to close out this outreach series with a review of a book by Reggie McNeal called “The … More

Jubilee

With tomorrow being the beginning of yet another year I thought it would be appropriate to talk a little about … More

Service Mentality

  Matt 20:26-27 Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be … More

The Pope’s Christmas Message

On this blog and in my life I try to learn the Lord’s message wherever I can find it. I … More