Stuck in an Ideological Time Machine…

Have you ever come across someone who was stuck in the past? Or so preoccupied with the future that they missed the present? Or so focused on the present that they forgot the past and ignored the future? Lately it seems I have been running into people who are stuck in an ideological time machine. [...]

Selling Jesus…Maybe More Like Selling Out…

Can I rant? I mean, of course I can, it’s my blog after all. But I want to tell you something that really bothers me. It really bothers me that the Christian retail industry is this massive money-making machine. Have we not ever read what Jesus did to those who were the first to corner [...]

The Next Stage in My Life…

It’s true. (Not the rumors, but the truth). On Sunday, I officially resigned my position here at the Pryor Church of Christ. When I took the job I knew that it was possibly an interim position. Well now it is. The reality (no matter what I want to believe) is that this church cannot at [...]

What Christianity is Really All About (Part 4…

So far, I have stated that Christianity is about the Man, the Message, the Mission, and now finally it is about the Makeover. When we begin to understand that Christianity is about Christ, the Gospel, and the Reconciliation and Sanctification of people through Christ, everything changes. We are “being transformed into his image with ever-increasing [...]

What Christianity is Really All About (Part 3)

What is Christianity really all about? Thirdly, (after the Man and the Message) comes the Mission. First we have to understand how the first two elements build the foundation for the desire and the ability to live as someone who is striving to fulfill God’s mission. Without a knowledge of and a relationship with Christ [...]

What Christianity is Really All About (Part 2)

What is Christianity really all about? Second of all, it is about the Message. Before Christianity can move anywhere in a person’s life they must come to know the Man, Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God. Secondly however, they must understand the Message. The Message is the Gospel, the “Good News.” The following [...]

Mobile Reflections…

I am amazed at what technology has done to the world. ABC News said on their show last night that they have redone their website so that people can contribute to and report the news. Even they understand that technology has changed things. No reporter was able to capture the hanging of Sadaam Hussein, but [...]

The Missional Manual Challenge…

Here is the challenge that was laid down to me by my brother: How is it that so many servants of God, all over the world can be missional if they’ve never heard the word “missional”? It must be because we read the same Holy Scriptures and have the same desire: to be the church [...]

The Missional Manual…

I bought a copy of the Missional Manual yesterday. My copy is 1153 pages. It was published by Zondervan but preserved and edited by God Himself. It’s called the BIBLE. I have decided to accept a challenge that was given to me by my brother. (See the comment on this post) Here is the foundation [...]

The Bible-Only Challenge…

I like books. My library at last inventory (for taxes, not just because I’m a nerd) was just a little over 300 volumes. I would say that I have an interesting diversity in my library. I have things on ministry, church planting, counseling, commentaries, Biblical history, English literature, preaching, gifted student education, dead languages, and [...]