A while back a coworker stopped by my office to talk over some business. As we wrapped up that part of the conversation, he noticed a book I had sitting on my desk and asked me about it. I explained that it was about living a Christian life in the midst of a culture antagonistic…
This is a rather lengthy piece. So, in an effort to hopefully shorten it a bit by creating a common starting point, here’s a silly metaphor as an introduction: In a large American city was a church with an innovative and captivating minister. The minister had grown the church over a couple of decades…
The oft-wrong and perpetually-biased New York Times recently (14 Jan 16) ran an article entitled “Anglican Church Disciplines U.S. Episcopals Over Gay Marriages.” The article both misunderstands Christianity and misrepresents the “discipline” laid out by the Anglican Communion (neither of which is necessarily surprising from the NYT). These are two things that I’d like to…
[NOTE: This is a fairly lengthy post … but is about an issue which simply MUST be addressed within Christianity today. Please read it and feel free to comment. I welcome the discussion] Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us,…
I’ve made the case (or at least mentioned it) many times before on this blog about how human nature is inherently broken. We are NOT inherently good. When we were conceived, we were wrapped in a fallen flesh. Don’t get me wrong, we aren’t born with sin already on us, but we ARE born in…
As a newly-minted sophomore at Harding University, I walked into the theater-style classroom and stepped halfway down the terraces before sliding into a desk near the very center of the room. In most other classes I would have sought a seat in the back corner, near the exit, knowing that I would be anxious…
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 (NASB) Sometimes I read the news today (as with all of the recent racket about Bruce Jenner) and I feel like a Roman Soldier standing atop the beginnings of Hadrian’s Wall. Walking back and forth while on…
