Are you tired of spending long hours in the seminary library? Do you feel like you’re wasting all your time and effort in pursuit of a new theological debate to assure your place in theological superstardom? Friends, I have just the thing for you. With this easy-to-follow guide for writing pop theology, you are sure [...]
Archive for June, 2008
For the next few weeks I will be sporadically devoting time to the slaughter of various and sundry sacred cows. (Read: This is a series of blogs that will be interrupted whenever something better comes up.) For those of you who might be unfamiliar with the term, a “sacred cow” is anything Christians elevate to [...]
For years, older Christians have looked at a younger generation of believers in bewilderment. “These kids just seem like they’re ashamed of Christ. I don’t understand it,” they say. A great many pastors have written wonderful sermons about not being ashamed of Christ and there are a couple of interesting Christian songs devoted to the [...]
I had every intention of blogging today, but to be perfectly honest, my heart isn’t right today. I’m harboring resentment and I’m confused. The last week has been pretty rough and I don’t feel like putting it into words. So, instead of trying to do what I don’t feel up to, we are going to [...]
This week has been difficult to say the least. My wife’s Crohn’s flare up doesn’t seem to be getting any better, and the 43 doctors we are seeing haven’t been terribly helpful. Every time she returns from the doctor she has a list of new ailments and test results showing that her body is functioning [...]
As much as I tend to criticize the Christian sub-culture in America, there are a number of parts of it I enjoy. I may not like all Christian music, and I may completely disagree that there is any one thing that makes one song “Christian” and another one “secular,” I must admit, I do like [...]
I was leaving a special worship service tonight planning to get home, eat dinner and write a nice blog about Newsboys lyrics I find inspiring. But just as I was leaving, God sent me a much more interesting blog topic. I’m walking up the aisle, almost out the door, and this absolute fruitcake with a [...]
Disclaimer for legalists, nit- pickers, and self-righteous prudes: The author of this post is secure in his Christian faith, is certain he knows Jesus, has no doubts about his salvation and believes the Bible to be “the only rule of faith and practice.” Your knee- jerk reaction to the contents of this post is neither [...]