If James 5:14 were written today… “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the local naturopath and let them employ a holistic approach. Partake of the fish oils and shun the gluten and the hydrogenated oils. Let no unclean preservative enter your body and purge the toxins out with the Chiropractor’s footbath. Trust [...]
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Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang
Posted: 12th July 2009 by Uncle Luther in Humor, Sacred CowsTags: 'James 5:14', health, holistic, naturopath, satire
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Taking His Name in Vain (It’s more than just words)
Posted: 6th July 2009 by Uncle Luther in Sacred CowsTags: 'ten commandments', 'third commandment', 3rd commandment, God, vain
You’ve done it, I’ve done it, we’ve all done it. If you’re like me, it happened one innocent Saturday while attempting to assemble a piece of furniture. Before your conscience has a chance to stop it, your tongue has already condemned a piece of wood to eternal damnation. Then, the realization hits and the guilt [...]
10 Christian Phrases That Need To Be Excommunicated
Posted: 21st June 2009 by Uncle Luther in Humor, Sacred CowsTags: 'prayer life', 'quiet time', 'sermon on the mount', 'small group', blessed, Christian, church, Jesus, walk
I have read through the Sermon on The Mount more times than any other part of the Bible. The teaching and the thinking are so rich and revolutionary, it beckons me when I need a good lesson on thinking more about God’s Kingdom than my own. This particular time, I was using “The Message” translation, [...]
The World According to The Bible Belt
Posted: 6th June 2009 by Uncle Luther in Humor, Sacred CowsTags: 'Bible belt, 'religious right', comedy
Let’s take a brief and scary look at the worldview espoused by many of our southern “brethren” in the Lord… “Damn scientists teachin’ all that evolution crap. They don’t know nothin’.” “Damn journalists. They’re just all puppets of the liberal media. They’re just ignorant.” “Damn doctors. Who needs their voodoo medicine. God made natural herbs [...]
If Jesus Held A Press Conference
Posted: 22nd May 2009 by Uncle Luther in Sacred CowsTags: Christian, church, conservative, liberal, politics
Politics, politics, politics, oh how we love what you have done to the Church. Instead of a long divisive rant, I’ll keep this short and even-handed. I have a couple of questions to ask: Conservative Christians: If Jesus came back today and held a press conference and announced He was in favor of open borders, [...]
‘God helps those who (can’t) help themselves’
Posted: 15th February 2009 by Uncle Luther in Sacred CowsTags: Benjamin Franklin, Christian, hunger, poverty
A 2005 survey shows 75 percent of Christians in the United States believe the Bible teaches “God helps those who help themselves.” That’s three-quarters of American Christians who believe this phrase is found in Scripture, a phrase that practically discounts the entire message of the Bible. Anyone want to guess where the phrase actually comes [...]
“God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.” -Joel Osteen “I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.” -Isaiah 45:7 “It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity [...]
Ye Olde Sacred Calf
Posted: 4th July 2008 by Uncle Luther in Sacred CowsTags: 'King James Version', 'King James', Bible, KJV, legalism
Imagine you arrive late to church one morning and quickly slipping into a pew next to a friend in the back. You notice fairly quickly that something is strange. You can’t understand a word the preacher is saying and it isn’t because you’re in the back of the church. He is speaking passionately, and hammering [...]
I’m getting a little tired of worship leaders. Not everything about them, mind you. They serve a valuable position in the modern church. It’s just that, singing and making music is their thing and they are passionate about it and like with anything else that folks go getting passionate about, they can take it a [...]
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 [...]