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Blessed Assurance
There are many hurt people out there. The unfortunate thing is that some have been hurt by people that name the name of Christ, and this has the effect of turning people away not only from the people that have hurt them, but from God Himself and His Church. Many of these people struggle to [...]
When Did Jesus Play for Denver?
It wasn’t his desire, and it wasn’t his doing. And yet, it happened all the same. Tim Tebow, the outspoken Christian quarterback who was drafted in the first round and many believe should be a tight end, fullback or safety, is causing a stir with his faith. It seems that a handful of Denver fans [...]
“Thank You For My Smokin’ Hot Wife”
Pastor Joe Nelms decided that, rather than give an actual prayer, he’d pull lines right out of the irreverent prayer from the movie Talladega Nights to inject some humor into what’s normally a cookie cutter prayer. Now, while I can tolerate the “smokin’ hot wife” and perhaps the racing cars types, it’s how he closed the [...]
75% of World Persecution Targeted At Christians
To hear them talk, you would believe that atheists were the most persecuted bunch. It seems that it’s hard to go very long without hearing about some Christian symbol that offends some Atheist, or a motto on a dollar bill that shouldn’t be there, and you get the impression that Christians are persecuting those of [...]
Is God a Republican?
The two major political parties in the United States are made up of sub-parties, each of them with different priorities or agendas. During the last twenty to thirty years, the Moral Majority was a big and influential part of Republican party, with its major issues being social issues: Abortion and Homosexuality being major ones. Fast [...]
CCM: Pleasing to the Flesh?
Like many questions, this one is challenging because there is a desire to do a certain activity, and because there’s a desire that means that we’re motivated to find means to justify our actions. We’re not coming to the item unbiased, but biased toward a position. I believe that music is one such place where [...]
The Church and the Outside World
Part of the problem that we have being Christians and knowing what God expects of us is that we often time project our knowledge on to other people. We project it onto other Christians—comparing what we believe to others, and then we compare how we act with the unbelievers around us. Both of these are [...]
Who Is He Apologizing For?
Shane Claiborne has a message for all nonbelievers—Christians are the biggest bunch of hypocrites, and I’m not like them.
Is Your Temple Smoking?
One of the vices that Christians have recently joined the culture in protesting is that of smoking. The scriptural passage that is invariably used to preach against smoking is the one that speaks about your body being the temple of the Holy Spirit—and that a Christian would not want to have that temple polluted with [...]
Christianity and the World
The old saying goes that the church is only 10 years behind the world morally/culturally. That was part of last night’s message looking into “respectable sins”—those sins that Christians commit that are ranked as “not bad” because “everyone does them.” This is a charge that I’ve heard before, and I have to say that I [...]
You Can’t Say That On Television
Growing up I always liked going to my grandmother’s house because she had cable and they had a show on Nickelodeon called “You Can’t Do That On Television.” The primary gags were someone saying “I don’t know,” in which that person would get covered in slime, and “Water” which would get you covered in water. [...]
Atheism’s Absurd Claim
Picking up on the topic yesterday, perhaps you figured out that the scenario was meant to be equivalent to the scenario that I’ve been debating over at Christian Personal Finance about whether we should keep “In God we trust” on our bills. Now, in that discussion I’ve attempted to remain on task, but Rex and [...]
Keep It In Perspective
Changing your location can have a great impact on how you see things—your life, the way that you’re living. It can help focus you and it can change your outlook. When Elizabeth Esther took a trip to Chicago recently, she found out that a trip in a taxi helped her gain perspective on her life.
Ruth: A Lesson in Poverty
The Bible’s teaching on poverty could be summed up with one verse and two concepts. In Mark 14, a woman had come to anoint Jesus for burial, and the disciples were upset at the size of the gift—it was very expensive perfume. Posturing, the disciples suggested that the money could be sold for much money [...]
Bible Talk Tuesdays
Tuesdays I’ve reserved for talk about Biblical issues, specifically how they relate to our society and culture. Though I would say that all of what’s written here is from a Biblical worldview and direction, on Tuesdays I want to try to focus in on what the Bible says about different topics specifically. One of the [...]
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