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Debatable: State of the Church?

Ed Stetzer wrote some incriminating stuff against me today. It is uncomfortably real and refreshing. Remember this is not critical of the Church (that is, the bride)… this is critical of the way North Americans (perhaps others) DO church (not The Church). This is probably true for every church I’ve ever been a part of, [...]

uncle david

my uncle, David, needs prayer. he has cancer growing in his body. i’m not sure if he is a praying guy, but life-threatening cancer has a way of forcing you into communication with your creator. whether he is praying or not, God may be glorified and credited with what good comes from this. not sure [...]

Ignorant Christianity

I have to assume that people are generally good-intentioned and hearted. We must be very careful to not pollute the true message of Christ with our own skewed motives, wants, or insecurities. We must protect the name of Christ and bring Him fame, not ourselves. We must not defame Him by criticizing other teammates and [...]

Is Liberation Theology self-centered?

At the heart of this movement of Liberation Theology, which has been around for a few thousand years in one form or another, is the self. It is self-centered. The reason I say this is that Christian theology should be focused upon making Christ the center of all life, all reasoning, all purpose. Case in [...]

God is teaching me to serve.

I don’t know if you realize this in your own life… but the world does not revolve around us.  We are not the center of the universe.  Isn’t that a crazy concept that we pretend to agree with then get mad when the world doesn’t go our way?  what’s up with that?     This [...]

what would Jesus do in Jena, Louisiana?

Valid question right? Well… 1) Jesus advocated people making their own choices. 2) He didn’t tolerate hypocrites or Pharisees. 3) He concentrated more on planting seeds than pulling weeds (worrying about what people are doing wrong) 4) Jesus warned against wolves in sheeps clothing.