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 [...]

It’s Not About WHY You Became a Christian…

In a class I taught today I asked the question, “Why did you become a Christian?” The answers covered the spectrum. But the point I wanted to make was this: that is a far less important question than what we must ask ourselves everyday. Here’s the question: WHY DO YOU STILL WANT TO BE A [...]

Attitude Check…

One of my favorite songs as a little kid was “Attitude Check” by AVB. It is definitely old school but I love the message (and the song) still to this day. Can I be honest? (Truth is, I’m going to be.) Sometimes I need an attitude check. Sometimes I wish I was in a better [...]

Philip Jakob Spener on Scripture and the Christian Life…

This is an excellent quotation (although rather lengthy) from Pia Desideria (“Pious Longings”) by Philip Jakob Spener written in 1675. Listen to what he has to say. I think that there are some great things that we could take away from his message.         Thought should be given to the more extensive use of [...]

Does the Message Destroy the Message??

Thanks to my friend Trey Morgan for the heads up on this video. I find this video to be funny, disappointing, and ultimately very tragic. Take a look and then I’ll have a little bit to say about the message killing the message. I have seen it time and time again. I have been tempted [...]

"It’s not my fault, not my problem, not my responsibility…

Briefly I want to vent/write about something that frustrates me (probably so much because I too am guilty of it) and that is an unwillingness to take responsibility for things. I won’t deny that I struggle in this area as many do but there are some things that I don’t understand a lack of desire [...]

Ministry and the Christian Life…

I have always made an effort to understand what I am talking about. Nothing frustrates me more than someone who acts like a “know it all” and in reality is a “know very little”. Therefore, I find myself being someone that asks a lot of questions. Some more valid than others. I wanted to respond [...]

Life in a Flannel Jesus World…

Do you remember (I do for sure) going to Bible class in elementary and having someone get out the flannel board? I remember the day that I thought I was much to old and mature for such a “childish” thing as a flannel board with characters. It was Mrs. Gorton’s class and I was in [...]