Baseball is winding down

T-ball is over and PeeWee is going to be done this week. Jeremiah is so proud of his medal that he has worn it to bed. Jonathan’s team has put on quite a show this week. They have won all three of their tournament games so far with two of them being [...]

Whose Kingdom Come?

As American Christians we are very familiar with the “culture war”.  We have been told that we have to confront evil in our culture and change our culture back to a “godly” one.  We need to work to make America honor God and make American culture honor God.  If someone would kindly point out the [...]

Acts 15 is not a Church council!

After seeing the umpteeth debate about church authority in general and Roman Catholic authority in particular, I got hit with a lightning bolt out of the Word.  And no, it wasn’t for blasphemy.  Who says that the account of Acts 15 is a church council?  I have involved myself in long discussions on the implications [...]

What am I? The Rich Man?

Years ago, as a younger believer, I was drawn to this crazy music group named Raspberry Jam.   Tonight they came roaring back into my head.  They did a song that I think was called “Everything We Need”.  It was a perfect indictment of our consumer culture.  At one point in the song the guy is [...]

Does Todd Bentley have Angels in the Outfield?

And if he does, what kind of angels are they? I have already written one post critical of his antics and violence, but then I saw a couple of posts about his ministry and some of his questionable teaching, so I thought I would take another few minutes to highlight another troubling aspect of [...]

Is it wrong to change God’s calendar?

I have made several posts about the Feasts of the Lord and their significance.  The church has wondered around for centuries now with a calendar that obscures God’s times and appointments.  Judging from the search terms that people have used to find me lately, there is a growing group of people who are waking up [...]

What’s a perfect God to do?

I have been having another interesting discussion in the comments of my post asking if Peter considered himself the first pope.  It raised some interesting comments and questions and after reading a post over a Jesus Shaped Spirituality this evening, I wanted to put a few more thoughts down.  Part of it started with a [...]

More Than Bread Devotional for 7/1/08

1 Peter 1:13-16
13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, [...]

Heat Wave and Fun Stuff

Well, it looks like we will have back to back days with temps in the 80s so I think that qualifies as a heat wave. I will tell you all one thing though. The sun up here is brutal. I was out today to watch Jeremiah’s t-ball game and managed to really [...]