Okay, I tried and tried to not write this particular post. But like the nightmare of the movie Ground Hog Day, it kept coming back to me, over and over. I didn’t want to write it because by implication it says that some Christians have been just plane stupid and I didn’t want to be [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Stupid Christian Trick Of the Month: Atheist Makes Money Off Rapture
Posted: May 22, 2009 in Uncategorized26
One of my favorite quotes is from an evangelist from a century ago. His name was C.T. Studd. First of all you have got to love it when an evangelist is named “Studd”. He has to be on the all time great names list for Christians, right after Justin Martyr. But I digress. The quote [...]
Provocative Bible Verses: Don’t be Afraid
Posted: May 19, 2009 in Fear, God is sovereignTags: don't be afraid, Fear, fear not, Is God sovereign, Jesus and fear
How often does God need to say, “fear not” or “don’t be afraid” before we actually get the idea that as His followers we do not need to be afraid of anything? Apparently at least one more time than the hundred times He already has said it in His word. I have been struck recently [...]
Celibate: To Be or Not To Be?
Posted: May 16, 2009 in Theology thoughtsTags: 1 Corinthians 7, celibacy, celibate priests, Rev. Cutie, Sex and Ministry
There is new energy in the debate over celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church. The pedophile sex scandals that have rocked the church in recent years have certainly stirred that debate. But more recently it is the revelation that a wildly popular priest in Miami has admitted his love for a woman and an ongoing [...]
Why Be Good if I am Forgiven?
Posted: May 15, 2009 in Christian Living, forgivenessTags: forgiveness, If you love me you will keep my commands, John 14:15, Why love God?, why obey God
If we are forgiven by Jesus as a free gift of grace and our salvation does not depend on being good enough to get to heaven, then what is our motivation for doing the things God commands? It is an understandable question. The answer that is usually given is that when you have been forgiven [...]
Last week I wrote a short post about Storyville Coffee giving away all their revenue for May to the International Justice Mission. Here is a link to an article in the Orlando Sentinel that tells even more of the story. I was at the concert mentioned in the article and even with all I know [...]
Prayer, The President, and Petty Bickering
Posted: May 7, 2009 in Christians and Culture, UncategorizedTags: national day of prayer, Obama and prayer, Obama cancels national day of prayer, Obama cancels prayer event, prayer
I have been reading lots of comments on the changes that President Obama has made regarding this years National Day of Prayer. I have to tell you I am just a bit bewildered that people are getting flat out nasty over something that is intended to be an intimate, worshipful, and uplifting conversation with God. [...]
Sacrificing for the Least of These
Posted: May 2, 2009 in Christians and Culture, Creative Ministry IdeasTags: IJM, International ustice Mission, sacrificing for others, sex slave trade, storyville coffee
In a time of economic distress, brought on in large part by an unbridled lust for possessing more and more, there is a company that is doing one of the most provocative things I have ever witnessed. A small coffee company based out of Seattle is giving away ALL of it’s revenue for the month [...]
