From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Is it OK to be gay?

by Dan on April 30, 2009

I know this is a touchy issue in America these days, and a lot of great dialogue has been occurring on both sides of the fence. Rich Schmidt, a local pastor, wrote a post on the topic of homosexuality in which he asks the question, “What are some things that I can be doing, as [...]

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Weekly Wisdom

by Dan on April 27, 2009

“Faith is a divine work which God demands of us; but at the same time He Himself must implant it. We cannot believe by ourselves.”         - Martin Luther

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Kingdom Extremes

by Dan on April 22, 2009

While going through the assigned reading for my missions class, I came across some profound thoughts by one of the authors that I wanted to share. The following is an excerpt from Cities and Salt: Counter-Cultures for the Common Good by Tim Keller, which can be found in Perspectives on the World Christian Movement by [...]

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Tithing is biblical, but not Christian

by Dan on April 21, 2009

All my life I’ve been taught that the Bible says Christians should tithe. The word tithe itself means “a tenth part,” so the teaching is typically that one should give 10% of their income to the church. When you consider how institutional churches have such large overhead and staff costs, one can easily understand why [...]

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Mark Driscoll – 4 Lanes of the Emerging Church

by Dan on April 20, 2009

Thanks to Truth Matters for initially posting this: I find it intriguing that Mark Driscoll even questions Rob Bell, Brian McLaren and others. VERY good explanation of the Emerging Church movement.

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The Erosion of God-Centered Worship

by Dan on April 20, 2009

Who is the object of the modern church’s worship? Who do we really focus on? I commented on a friend’s blog today about how 95% of all church budgets in the US are spent on our own comforts and programs. Less than 1% is spent on evangelism to the most unreached. (This figure comes from [...]

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Weekly Wisdom

by Dan on April 17, 2009

“Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.”         - G.K. Chesterton

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Do you celebrate Easter?

by Dan on April 12, 2009

Happy Bunny Day! My brother attends a church that does not celebrate Easter, so my wife and I were discussing the origins of the holiday with him yesterday at Cracker Barrel. Then we got home and lo and behold, Daniel and Heather posted a great article about this very issue. You have to see the [...]

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Weekly Wisdom

by Dan on April 5, 2009

“Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man.”         - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Personal correspondence, 1839

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