It is impossible to turn on the news today or go to the internet without being confronted by the news of President Obama’s statement that he supports the right of same-sex couples to get married. While I can certainly appreciate his compassionate heart for people who feel they are unfairly being denied the possibility of [...]
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Why Forgetting the Church and Just Following Jesus is Not an Option
Posted: April 4, 2012 in Christians and Culture, community, UncategorizedI am not great at sound-bite theology. You know the kind I am talking about. It’s those pithy little sayings, often in 140 characters or less that seem so spiritual, deep, and insightful. They are easy to remember getting passed on time and again until they become accepted as a given, collective, cultural, truism. To [...]
Ann Rice Leaves Christianity. Really?
Posted: August 6, 2010 in Christians and CultureTags: Ann Rice, judgmental christians, Leaving Christianity
Ann Rice, the one time popularizer of the current vampire genre, has announced that she is leaving Christianity. She recently talked about her decision with Joy Behar. What is fascinating about her announcement is that she still professes a faith in Christ and actually feels that in order to keep following Christ she has to separate herself from organized religion [...]
The Paparazzi, Facebook, and Our Need to be Known
Posted: May 28, 2010 in Christians and Culture, community, Fear, UncategorizedTags: 1st Corinthians 13, alienation, belonging, community, Facebook, I Corinthians 13:12, Jerry Springer, Jon and kate, LinkedIn
I have been thinking recently about the seemingly growing mass of people who do things just to be noticed and known. The examples are so numerous that it is hard to decide which ones NOT to mention. Just think on some headlines over the last few months. Remember “Balloon Boy” and his parents scam to [...]
Stephen Baldwin Does Not Need Your Money
Posted: May 4, 2010 in Christians and CultureTags: Contentment, I can do all things through Christ, Philippians 4, Stephen Baldwin
Why do Christians continue to miss the point of why things happen in our lives? Why do we keep thinking that the best way for God to be honored and for people to want to follow Jesus is for us to be blessed with wealth, fame, and prestige? I ask this in light of the [...]
Provocative Bible Verses: Do Not Be Unequally Yoked With Unbelievers
Posted: October 27, 2009 in Christians and CultureTags: 2 Corinthians 6:14, do not be unequally yoked, marriage to unbelievers, partnering with unbelievers
“Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14 (NASB) In recent weeks I have had several people quote this verse to me. They have done so in an attempt to explain why Christians should never be a partner with [...]
Some Things I Learned in Egypt
Posted: October 6, 2009 in Christians and Culture, Christians Outside the USAIn the time I spent with my friends in Egypt recently I was humbled by their ability to live for Jesus while under the constant strain of being a minority that is not trusted or appreciated and is always being watched. I am sure that for some the strain of feeling that you are always [...]
Provocative Christian Living: Crossing the Racial Divide
Posted: September 17, 2009 in Christians and Culture, UncategorizedRecently former President Jimmy Carter made the accusation that the opposition to health care reform, including the outburst by South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson is motivated by racism. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/15/carter.obama/index.html On the other end of the spectrum there are many who are saying that racism plays no part what-so-ever in that debate or other disagreements with [...]
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. [...]

