From the monthly archives:
Ok, so I’m really not going to completely answer this question in a blog post, but I’m going to focus on one aspect of it. We’d have to cover the entire Bible to answer this question satisfactorily and completely! I was reading through Ephesians this evening, and really had a heavy burden on my heart [...]
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This is short and sweet, but hopefully very thought provoking. Due to the Wikipedia phenomenon, is truth an objective measure anymore? Some call the influence postmodernism or existentialism, but is this something different? In brief, postmodernism is the belief that we create our own meaning, and that tends to be a very relative meaning. Existentialism [...]
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I found a great article on Wikipedia that breaks down what the Emerging Church is. I know many readers have been wondering what it is and how to define it. By nature, it is hard to define. Some key quotes that I found helpful are: The emerging church (sometimes referred to as the emergent church [...]
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Today I read a short article on Slashdot about how scientists have figured out how to erase specific memories from mice’s brains. That’s kind of scary to me, because that means they are one day hoping to erase stuff from human’s brains. Of course the psychological community might welcome this as a means to eliminate [...]
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Let the Scriptures speak for themselves before we begin to speculate. I have used bold text to note key phrases, and after each passage I have placed questions in brackets[] and in italics to consider. I use brackets and italics to clearly differentiate my questions from the biblical text itself, and bold text is used [...]
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I saw this on the forum over at SimpleChurch.com, and I had to share it: This list is taken from a college course called “The Psychology of Fundamentalism” offered by the University of Texas. 1. the leader is charismatic and often militaristically demanding2. the leader is always right3. elitism, the leaders treated as royalty or [...]
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Is there really any biblical support for a separation of clergy and laity? 1 Peter 2:5 says: “You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” So it seems we are all priests before God, and thus need [...]
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Or at least that’s the message I seem to be hearing from a lot of America’s largest churches and most popular preachers. What ever happened to denying ourselves? What ever happened to the (gulp) offensive teaching that we don’t have the ability in our flesh to discern right from wrong? Whatever happened to keeping the [...]
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If you can set aside 55 minutes and 33 seconds, watch this video! This was on ProBlogger today. It really explains the Web 2.0 phenomenon and the anthropological significance of it. It’s NOT boring, check it out! If you take the time to watch this, I’d love to hear your thoughts! Whether or not you [...]
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I read in the paper today that a Powerball ticket sold at a local shop for the Wednesday draw is worth $800,000 — but the winner has yet to claim the earnings. That’s pretty crazy. Someone is walking around with no idea that they have a ticket worth $800,000. The prize rightfully belongs to this [...]
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I saw this on Seth Godin’s blog the other day, and I couldn’t help but be intrigued by it. I can do everything on this list, it comes rather naturally to me. But I know several of my coworkers who can’t, and I have a fairly technological job! This really does show the growing divide [...]
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Today is Yom Kippur, literally the “Day of Atonement.” It is one of the most important Jewish holidays of the year, drawing in crowds comparable to a Christian Easter or Christmas service. Yom Kippur, which ends the Ten Days of Repentance that begin with Rosh Hashanah, includes a 24- to 25-hour fast from sunset Wednesday [...]
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Dr. Charles Stanley hit the nail on the head in his new book entitled In Step With God: Understanding His Ways and Plans for Your Life. Stanley says, “And this is where we face our greatest challenge – knowing God and loving Him above all else. . . . The bottom line to any relationship [...]
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It irritates me how no one seems to read anymore. Steve, a fellow blogger, commented yesterday: “I wish more people under 40 would think. . . .” Amen! But discovering and learning new information and ideas is foundational to meaningful thought. The problem is, people don’t read anymore! I have friends who brag about how [...]
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End Times It seems as though a lot of people are talking about the end of the world lately. I posted this in February, but I’m refreshing it for all to see again. Likely many readers have not seen nor heard this. Churches can’t seem to agree on the order of events that will transpire, [...]
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